ACTH-induced improvement in the nephrotic syndrome in patients with a variety of diagnoses

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1305-1307

  Berg, Anna Lena ^a   Arnadottir, Margret ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Corticotropin; Diabetes nephropathy; Glomerulonephritis; Nephrotic syndrome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; STEROID; TETRACOSACTIDE ZINC PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442505604     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfh110     Document Type: Article

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