Treatment of glomerulonephritis in the elderly

Seminars in Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 256-264

  Kunis, Cheryl L ^a   Teng, Shine Nee ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; COLCHICINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MELPHALAN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMYLOIDOSIS; BODY MASS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; NEPHROSIS, LIPOID;

EID: 0034034220     PISSN: 02709295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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