IgG4-associated idiopathic tubulointerstitial nephritis complicating autoimmune pancreatitis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 474-476

  Takeda, Shin Ichi ^a   Haratake, Joji ^a   Kasai, Takahiko ^a   Takaeda, Chikako ^a   Takazakura, Eisuke ^a  

^a Kurobe City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin G subclasses; Pancreatitis; Tubulointerstitial nephritis

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY INJURY; MALE; PANCREATITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE DRUG RELEASE;

AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; PANCREATITIS, ACUTE NECROTIZING; PREDNISOLONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1042303651     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfg477     Document Type: Article

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