Cyclosporine in steroid dependent and resistant childhood nephrotic syndrome

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-19

  Iyengar, Arpana ^a   Karthik, Srilekha ^a   Kumar, Anil ^a   Biswas, Sharmishtha ^a   Phadke, Kishore ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; Minimal change nephrotic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MONOTHERAPY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; ONSET AGE; PEDIATRICS; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOSPORINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32644432824     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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