Tubulo-interstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome in a 6-year-old boy: A case report

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-148

  Hamdan, Jahed M ^a,b   Obeidat, Fatima N ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

^b NONE   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY;

ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SLIT LAMP; SYNDROME; TUBULOINTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS AND UVEITIS SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; CHILD; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANOREXIA; CHILD; FATIGUE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALE; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33746206494     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532806X107502     Document Type: Article

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