Tacrolimus for the treatment of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis resistant to cyclosporine A [1]

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1913-1914

  Suzuki, Koichi ^a   Tsugawa, Koji ^a   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIZORIBINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TSUKUBAENOLIDE;

APHERESIS; CASE REPORT; CATARACT; CORTICOSTEROID INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LETTER; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE;

CHILD; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 33750970543     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0198-z     Document Type: Letter

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