Heterogeneity of prognosis in adult IgA nephropathy, especially with mild proteinuria or mild histological features

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 697-702

  Usui, Joichi ^a   Yamagata, Kunihiro ^a   Kai, Hirayasu ^a   Outeki, Takaaki ^a   Yamamoto, Satoshi ^a   Muro, Kaori ^a   Hirayama, Aki ^a   Yoh, Keigyo ^a   Tomida, Chie ^b   Hirayama, Kouichi ^a   Suzuki, Satoshi ^c   Kobayashi, Masaki ^d   Nagata, Michio ^a   Koyama, Akio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Hitachi   (Japan)

^c SAKURA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical remission; Minor glomerular abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0035434333     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.697     Document Type: Article

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