Good response of membranous lupus nephritis to tacrolimus

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 276-279

  Maruyama, M ^a   Yamasaki, Y ^a,b   Sada, K ^a   Sarai, A ^a   Ujike, K ^a   Maeshima, Y ^a   Nakamura, Y ^a   Sugiyama, H ^a   Makino, H ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclosporine; Membranous lupus nephritis (MLN); Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; STAINING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33645762971     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP65276     Document Type: Article

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