Cellular crescents and segmental glomerular necrosis in IgA nephropathy are indicative of the beneficial effects of corticosteroid therapy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 862-866

  Tomiyoshi, Y ^a   Sakemi, T ^a   Ikeda, Y ^a   Ohtsuka, Y ^a   Nakamura, M ^a   Fujisaki, T ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracapillary lesion; Fibrinoid necrosis; IgA nephritis; Prednisone

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0034787797     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.862     Document Type: Article

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