A case of Takayasu arteritis complicated with glomerulonephropathy mimicking membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis: A case report and review of the literature

Rheumatology International

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-107

  Kuroda, Takeshi ^a   Ueno, Mitsuhiro ^a   Sato, Hiroe ^a   Murakami, Syuuichi ^a   Sakatsume, Minoru ^a   Nishi, Shinichi ^a   Nakano, Masaaki ^b   Gejyo, Fumitake ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interleukin 6; Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis; Takayasu arteritis; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; INTERLEUKIN 6; PREDNISOLONE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GLOMERULOPATHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MESANGIUM CELL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; TAKAYASU ARTERITIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33750471930     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-006-0156-x     Document Type: Review

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