Nephrotic syndrome associated with hypocomplementaemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome: Successful treatment with cyclosporin A

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1753-1757

  Soma, Jun ^a   Sato, Hiroshi ^a   Sadayoshi, Ito ^a   Saito, Takao ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; Hypocomplementaemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome; Nephrotic syndrome; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Tubulointerstitial injury

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE CLEARANCE; FACE EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CYCLOSPORINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; SYNDROME; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS, HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 0033042775     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.7.1753     Document Type: Article

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