End-stage renal failure due to crescentic glomerulonephritis in a patient with Behcet's syndrome

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 321-324

  Sakemi, Takanobu ^a   Yoshiyuki, Tomiyoshi ^a   Ikeda, Yuji ^a   Suzuki, Noriaki ^a   Nagasawa, Kohei ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behcet's syndrome; Crescentic glomerulonephritis; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; GENITAL ULCER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; UVEITIS;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; BIOPSY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE;

EID: 0031800953     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000013358     Document Type: Article

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