Low-dose cyclosporin therapy combined with prednisolone for relapsing minimal change nephrotic syndrome in adults

Japanese Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 447-452

  Koike, Minako ^a   Honda, Kazuho ^a   Tsukada, Misao ^a   Itabashi, Mitsuyo ^a   Suzuki, Koichi ^a   Uchida, Keiko ^a   Nitta, Kosaku ^a   Yumura, Wako ^a   Nihei, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin(CsA); Frequent relapse; MCNS; Prednisolone; Remission

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CYCLOSPORINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSIS, LIPOID; PREDNISONE;

EID: 0036354173     PISSN: 03852385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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