Long-term results of two unconventional agents in steroid-dependent nephrotic children

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1420-1425

  Donia, Ahmed Farouk ^a   Ammar, Hesham Mohamed ^a   El Agroudy, Amgad El Baz ^a   Moustafa, Fatma El Husseini ^a   Sobh, Mohamed Abdel Kader ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Levamisole; Minimal change; Pulse cyclophosphamide; Steroid dependent

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; LEVAMISOLE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NERVOUSNESS; NEUTROPENIA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SIALOADENITIS; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CHILD; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEVAMISOLE; MALE; NEPHROSIS, LIPOID; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PREDNISOLONE; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETREATMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26044435749     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-005-1943-4     Document Type: Article

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