Predictive value of initial histology and effect of plasmapheresis on long-term prognosis of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 28-35

  Zäuner, Ingeborg ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Bach, Dieter ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Braun, Norbert ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Krämer, Bernhard K ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Fünfstück, Reinhard ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Helmchen, Udo ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Schollmeyer, Peter ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Böhler, Joachim ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glomerulonephritis (GN); Histology; Immunosuppression; Plasmapheresis; Prospective study; Random allocation; Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN); Vasculitis; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 0036141047     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2002.29874     Document Type: Article

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