A case of renal sarcoidosis: A special reference to calcium metabolism as a diagnostic and the therapeutic implications

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 375-379

  Mitome, Jun ^a   Kawaguchi, Yoshindo ^a   Arase, Satoshi ^a   Horino, Tetsuya ^a   Okada, Hideo ^a   Osaka, Naoyuki ^a   Hanaoka, Kazushige ^a   Shimada, Toshiki ^a   Kawamura, Tetsuya ^b   Hosoya, Tatsuo ^b   Yamaguchi, Yutaka ^b   Hano, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Kanagawa Prefectural Shiomidai Hospital   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

1, 25 Vitamin D; Hypercalcemia; Hypercalciuria; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; INDOMETACIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM EXCRETION; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERCALCIURIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEINURIA; SARCOIDOSIS; URINALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CALCIUM; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PREDNISOLONE; RENIN; SARCOIDOSIS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 21744460254     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-004-0323-x     Document Type: Article

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