Transformation from tubulointerstitial nephritis to crescentic glomerulonephritis: An unusual presentation of ANCA-associated renal vasculitis

Renal Failure

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-191

  Wen, Yao Ko ^a   Chen, Mei Ling ^a  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA); Crescentic glomerulonephritis; Tubulointerstitial nephritis (TIN)

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ABDOMEN; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEART; HEMODIALYSIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEG EDEMA; LUNG EXAMINATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PULSE RATE; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; UREMIA; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; URINE VOLUME; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; VASCULITIS;

EID: 33645543837     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08860220500531559     Document Type: Article

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