Nephropathy associated with heroin abuse in Caucasian patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2308-2313

  do Sameiro Faria, Maria ^a,b   Sampaio, Susana ^a   Faria, Victor ^a   Carvalho, Elísio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL MARIA PIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Heroin; Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis; Nephropathy

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOCAL GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROTEINURIA; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PROTEINURIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0242383271     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfg369     Document Type: Article

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