Successful use of cyclosporin A in severe Schönlein-Henoch nephritis resistant to both methylprednisolone pulse and azathioprine

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 759-760

  Shin, Jae Il ^a   Park, Jee Min ^a   Lee, Jae Seung ^a   Kim, Ji Hong ^a   Kim, Pyung Kil ^a   Jeong, Hyeon Joo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cyclosporin A; Heavy proteinuria; Sch nlein Henoch nephritis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; NEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

AZATHIOPRINE; CHILD; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEPHRITIS; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746368068     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0066-4     Document Type: Article

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