Reversal of c-ANCA positive mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis after removal of an infected cysto-atrial shunt

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1771-1773

  Bonarek, Herve ^a   Bonnet, Fabrice ^a   Delclaux, Caroline ^a   Deminière, Colette ^a   De Précigout, Valerie ^a   Aparicio, Michel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

ANCA; Immune complex mediated glomerulonephritis; Infectious diseases; Shunt nephritis

Indexed keywords

NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; CASE REPORT; EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNT INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

EID: 0033038788     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.7.1771     Document Type: Article

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