Use of mycophenolate mofetil in steroid-dependent and -resistant nephrotic syndrome

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 833-837

  Barletta, Gina Marie ^a   Smoyer, William E ^a   Bunchman, Timothy E ^a   Flynn, Joseph T ^a   Kershaw, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin; Mycophenolate mofetil; Steroid dependent nephrotic syndrome; Steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; SANDIMUNE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; FOLLOW UP; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REMISSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PREDNISONE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042632448     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-003-1175-4     Document Type: Article

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