ANCA-associated crescentic IgA glomerulonephritis in pregnancy

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 716-719

  Amir, Abdul Razack A ^a   Sheikh, Salwa S ^a  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies; Crescentic; Glomerulonephritis; IgA; Pregnancy; Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS;

ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036868177     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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