Urinary retinol-binding protein as a prognostic marker in the treatment of nephrotic syndrome

Nephron

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-114

  Kirsztajn, Gianna Mastroianni ^a   Nishida, Sonia K ^b   Silva, Marcelo S ^b   Ajzen, Horacio ^b   Pereira, Aparecido B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; Membranous nephropathy; Minimal change disease; Nephrotic syndrome; Retinol binding protein; Tubular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PREDNISONE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033815101     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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