Lymphocytapheresis to treat rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis: A randomised comparison with steroid-pulse treatment

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9123, 1998, Pages 203-204

  Furuta, Takashi ^a   Hotta, Osamu ^b   Yusa, Naoko ^b   Horigome, Ikuo ^b   Chiba, Shigemi ^b   Taguma, Yoshio ^b  

^a Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; LEUKAPHERESIS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0032543914     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)77809-0     Document Type: Article

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