Crescentic fibrillary glomerulonephritis associated with hepatitis C viral infection

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 364-368

  Guerra, G ^a   Narayan, G ^a   Rennke, H G ^a   Jaber, B L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Fibrillary glomerulopathy; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARACETAMOL; STEROID; TRAMADOL;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ANKLE EDEMA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OLIGURIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROTEINURIA; RENOGRAPHY; SEIZURE; STEROID THERAPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0242521628     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp60364     Document Type: Article

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