Effectiveness of high trough levels of cyclosporine for 5 months in a case of steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome with severe steroid toxicity

Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 414-417

  Kano, Kenichi ^a   Yamada, Yumi ^a   Shiraiwa, Taeko ^a   Shimizu, Aki ^a   Nishikura, Kiyoshi ^a   Arisaka, Osamu ^a   Tomita, Shigeki ^a   Ueda, Yoshihiko ^b  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone fracture; Child; Cyclosporine; Epidural lipomatosis; Nephrotic syndrome; Prednisolone

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; FLUINDOSTATIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC CYSTITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIPOMATOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PREDNISOLONE; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 12244256126     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2004.00341.x     Document Type: Article

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