Kidney biopsy as a predictor for renal outcome in ANCA-associated necrotizing glomerulonephritis

Kidney International

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1751-1758

  Bajema, Ingeborg M ^a   Christiaan Hagen, E ^b   Hermans, Jo ^c   Noël, Laure Hélène ^d   Waldherr, Rüdiger ^e   Ferrario, Franco ^f   Van Der Woude, Fokko J ^g   Bruijn, Jan A ^h  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^f SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ANCA; Fibrinoid necrosis; Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis; Renal biopsy; Systemic vasculitis; Tubular necrosis

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS;

EID: 0032725540     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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