Level of red blood cells in the urinary sediment reflects the degree of renal activity in Wegener's granulomatosis

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 284-288

  Fujita, T ^a   Ohi, H ^a   Endo, M ^a   Ohsawa, I ^a   Kanmatsuse, K ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Renal involvement; Urinary red blood cells; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HEMATURIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; SYMPTOM; URINE SEDIMENT; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0031736644     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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