Efficacy of tonsillectomy pulse therapy versus multiple-drug therapy for IgA nephropathy

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1701-1706

  Kawasaki, Yukihiko ^a   Takano, Kei ^a   Suyama, Kazuhide ^a   Isome, Masato ^a   Suzuki, Hideki ^a   Sakuma, Hiroko ^c   Fujiki, Tomoo ^d   Suzuki, Hitoshi ^b   Hosoya, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUREHA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c HOSHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Takeda General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; IgA nephropathy; Mizoribine; Prednisolone; Tonsillectomy plus methylprednisolone pulse

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIZORIBINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEIN; URIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; PROTEINURIA; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 33748683356     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0272-6     Document Type: Article

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