Successful treatment of encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis with azathioprine and prednisolone

Peritoneal Dialysis International

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-287

  Wong, Christopher F ^a   Beshir, Salah ^a   Khalil, Atif ^a   Pai, Pearl ^a   Ahmad, Rasheed ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CASPOFUNGIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CYCLOSPORIN; DIALYSIS FLUID; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROPATHY; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PERITONEAL DISEASE; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 19444368375     PISSN: 08968608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089686080502500312     Document Type: Article

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