Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU) syndrome in a 52-year-old female: A case report and review of the literature

Renal Failure

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-359

  Liakopoulos, Vassilios ^a   Ioannidis, Iraklis ^a   Zengos, Nikolaos ^a   Karabatsas, Costas ^a   Karasavvidou, Foteini ^a   Salmas, Marios ^b   Kanelaki, Evlambia ^a   Eleftheriadis, Theodoros ^a   Stefanidis, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Steroid therapy; Tubulointerstitial nephritis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOPENTOLATE; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OMEPRAZOLE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; TINU SYNDROME; UVEITIS; VOMITING;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; SYNDROME; UVEITIS;

EID: 33745562794     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08860220600577775     Document Type: Article

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