Successful steroid therapy for cefdinir-induced acute tubulointerstitial nephritis with progressive renal failure

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 114-117

  Kimura, Yasukazu ^a   Kawamura, Minoru ^a   Owada, Masahiko ^a   Fujiwara, Takuya ^a   Maesawa, Chihaya ^a   Hiramori, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

67gallium scintigraphy; Lymphocyte stimulation test

Indexed keywords

CEFDINIR; CREATININE; GALLIUM 67; STEROID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MESANGIUM CELL; SCINTIGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035087492     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.114     Document Type: Article

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