The german glomerulonephritis therapy study: 10 years of controlled randomized trials for the treatment of idiopathic glomerulonephritis

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 196-200

  Risler, Tent ^a   Braun, Norbert ^a   Bach, Dieter ^b   Fünfstück, Reinhard ^e   Grabensee, Bernd ^b   Grupp, Christian ^d   Haufe, Christoph ^c   Heering, Peter ^b   Keller, Frieder ^c   Krämer, Bernhard ^f   Midierd, Gerhard A ^d   Schollmeyer, Peter ^g   Stein, Günter ^e   Zaunerg, Ineebore ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical study; Glomerulonephritis; Nephropathy; Randomized controlled trials; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHLORAMBUCIL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INDOMETACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GERMANY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; META ANALYSIS; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CREATININE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROTEINURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 10344228200     PISSN: 14204096     EISSN: 14230143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000174073     Document Type: Article

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