Concurrent anti-glomerular basement membrane disease and membranous glomerulonephritis: A case report and literature review

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 120-127

  Troxell, M L ^a,c   Bhatt Saxena, A ^b   Kambham, N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti glomerular basement membrane; Good pasture's syndrome; Membranous glomerulonephritis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPITOPE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANURIA; ARTICLE; CAPPING PHENOMENON; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATIGUE; FLANK PAIN; FOLLOW UP; GOODPASTURE SYNDROME; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEYMANN NEPHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROTEINURIA; SEROLOGY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33747099549     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp66120     Document Type: Article

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