Kidney disease associated with primary antiphospholipid syndrome: Clinical signs and histopathological features in an experience of five cases

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 471-476

  Saracino, A ^a,b   Ramunni, A ^a   Pannarale, G ^a   Coratelli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; Primary antiphospholipid syndrome; Vaso occlussive nephropathy

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; STEROID; VALSARTAN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ITALY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 21044451335     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP63471     Document Type: Article

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