Disseminated autoimmune disease during levamisole treatment of nephrotic syndrome

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 602-603

  Barbano, Giancarlo ^a   Ginevri, Fabrizio ^a   Ghiggeri, Gian M ^a   Gusmano, Rosanna ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Levamisole; Nephrotic syndrome; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LEVAMISOLE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DRUG MONITORING; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VASCULITIS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LEVAMISOLE; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0032809704     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004670050753     Document Type: Article

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