Tonsillectomy combined with steroid pulse therapy: A curative therapy for IgA nephropathy

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn 124, Issue 555, 2004, Pages 43-48

  Hotta, Osamu ^a,b  

^a Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital   (Japan)

^b Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

IgAN; Steroid pulse therapy; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; STEROID THERAPY; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; PATHOLOGY; TONSIL;

GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; REMISSION INDUCTION; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 11144338718     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03655230410003387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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