Sarcoidosis: The Nephrologist's Perspective

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 856-870

  Berliner, Adam R ^a   Haas, Mark ^a   Choi, Michael J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

granulomatous interstitial nephritis; hypercalcemia; hypercalciuria; renal failure; Sarcoidosis; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCIUM; CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE; CYCLOSPORIN; HEPARIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INFLIXIMAB; KETOCONAZOLE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VITAMIN D; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GLOMERULOPATHY; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERCALCIURIA; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; MYCOBACTERIUM; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; SARCOIDOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CALCIUM, DIETARY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TUBULES; LYMPH NODES; MALE; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; PREDNISONE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; SARCOIDOSIS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; VITAMIN D;

EID: 33750071411     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2006.07.022     Document Type: Article

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