Primary biliary cirrhosis associated with membranous glomerulonephritis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-26

  Goto, Takashi ^a   Komatsu, Masafumi ^a   Fujii, Tomoo ^a   Ohshima, Shigetoshi ^a   Nakane, Kunio ^a   Yoneyama, Kazuo ^a   Shibuya, Tomomi ^a   Meng, Xiang Wei ^a   Masamune, Osamu ^a   Imai, Hirokazu ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimitochondrial M2 antibody; Immunofluorescent staining; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COMPLEMENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; DIPYRIDAMOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISOLONE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 0032942825     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.22     Document Type: Article

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