Clinical research in pediatric nephrology: State of the art

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1382-1387

  Gorman, Gregory H ^a   Furth, Susan L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical studies; Epidemiology; Nephrology; Pediatrics; Research

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GENOTYPE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; PROTEINURIA; RACE DIFFERENCE; REMISSION; RENAL PROTECTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRENGTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HUMANS; NEPHROLOGY; PEDIATRICS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 26044448652     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-005-1924-7     Document Type: Review

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