Management of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis type II with plasmapheresis

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 135-137

  Kurtz, Kevin A ^a   Schlueter, Annette J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b 1167 ML ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Apheresis; C3 nephritic factor; Dense deposit disease; Glomerulonephritis; MPGN II; Renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEPHRITIC FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; COMPLEMENT C3 NEPHRITIC FACTOR; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HUMANS; PLASMAPHERESIS;

EID: 0036400061     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.10026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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