Long-term results of tonsillectomy as a treatment for IgA nephropathy

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn 124, Issue 555, 2004, Pages 38-42

  Akagi, Hirofumi ^a,b   Kosaka, Michiya ^a   Hattori, Kenshi ^a   Doi, Akira ^a   Fukushima, Kunihiro ^a   Okano, Mitsuhiro ^a   Kariya, Shin ^a   Nishizaki, Kazunori ^a   Sugiyama, Nobuyoshi ^a   Shikata, Kenichi ^a   Makino, Hirofumi ^a   Masuda, Yu ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

Author keywords

10 Year case control study; Prognostic factor; Renal pathology; Renal survival rate; Tonsillar provocation test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESANGIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROVOCATION TEST; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 19944400419     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03655230410003332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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