Fatal Relapse of ANCA-Associated Glomerulonephritis Triggered by Successive Epstein-Barr and Varicella Zoster Virus Infections

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 915-922

  Schned, Alan R ^a   Ornvold, Kim ^a   Tsongalis, Gregory J ^a   Chobanian, Michael C ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA); crescentic glomerulonephritis; Epstein Barr virus; glomerulonephritis; in situ hybridization; kidney disease; real time polymerase chain reaction; relapsed glomerulonephritis; varicella glomerulonephritis; varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LISINOPRIL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; NIFEDIPINE; PREDNISONE;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LABORATORY TEST; MALAISE; MONONUCLEOSIS; PAUCI IMMUNE NECROTIZING CRESCENTIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SUPERINFECTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; CHILD; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 33646043426     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.02.183     Document Type: Article

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