A case report of Tubulo-Interstitial Nephritis with Uveitis (TINU syndrome) and follow-up for one year

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 577-579

  Alkhalil, Chadi ^a,b   Tanvir, Fawad A ^a,b   Ahmed, Abdurahman ^a,b   Lowenthal, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CELECOXIB; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FLUOXETINE; FUROSEMIDE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; METERED DOSE INHALER; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NEGRO; OBESITY; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; THORAX PAIN; THYROIDECTOMY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; UVEITIS;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 0141887133     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025657713078     Document Type: Article

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