Appearance of nephrotic syndrome following interferon-α therapy in a patient with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus coinfection

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 439-443

  Endo, Morito ^a   Ohi, Hiroyuki ^a   Fujita, Takayuki ^a   Ohsawa, Isao ^a   Kanmatsuse, Katsuo ^a   Yamaguchi, Yutaka ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Interferon ; Membranous glomerulonephritis; Nephrotic syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; RECOMBINANT ALPHA2B INTERFERON; STEROID; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FUNCTION; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0031664570     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000013367     Document Type: Article

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