Treatment of severe steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome (SDNS) in children with tacrolimus

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1848-1854

  Sinha, Manish D ^a   MacLeod, Rebecca ^a   Rigby, Emma ^a   Clark, A Godfrey B ^a  

^a EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcineurin inhibitors; Children; Cyclosporin A; Nephrotic syndrome; Steroid dependency; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CHLORMETHINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FRUCTAN; GLUCOSE; LEVAMISOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CALCINEURIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOSPORINE; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745602204     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfi274     Document Type: Article

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