Treatment of children with steroid refractory idiopathic nephrotic syndrome: The Kuwaiti experience

Renal Failure

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 487-494

  El Reshaid, Kamel ^a   Kapoor, Madan ^b   Nampoory, Narayanan ^b   Madda, John ^b   Jawad, Nahida ^b   Johny, Kaivilayil ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Children; Kuwait; Nephrotic syndrome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KUWAIT; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032823037     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08860229909045188     Document Type: Article

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