End-stage renal disease in leprosy

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 302-305

  Lomonte, Carlo ^a,b   Chiarulli, Giovanni ^a   Cazzato, Francesco ^a   Giammaria, Bernardo ^a   Marchio, Giovanni ^a   Losurdo, Nicola ^a   Antonelli, Maurizio ^a   Casucci, Francesco ^a   Basile, Carlo ^a  

^a MIULLI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glomerulonephritis; Hansen's disease; Hemodialysis; Interstitial nephritis; Leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae; Peritoneal dialysis; Renal amyloidosis; Uremia

Indexed keywords

CLOFAZIMINE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEATH; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY AMYLOIDOSIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEPROSY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEINURIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LEPROSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UREMIA;

EID: 2942689375     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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