Tubulointerstitial Nephritis with Uveitis (TINU): A Syndrome Rheumatologists Should Recognize - A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-27

  Kadanoff, Ruth ^a,c   Lipps, Brian ^a   Khanna, Anuradha ^b   Hou, Susan ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Interstitial nephritis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LORATADINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; UVEITIS;

EID: 1042302770     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000111313.32464.a6     Document Type: Article

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