Fish Oil Therapy in Recurrent IgA Nephropathy [4]

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1011-1012

  Ng, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CYCLOSPORIN; FISH OIL; PREDNISONE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; EICOSAPENTANOIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0038131892     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-12-200306170-00029     Document Type: Letter

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