Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome: The influence of race on cyclophosphamide sensitivity

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1847-1853

  Bhimma, Rajendra ^a   Adhikari, Miriam ^a   Asharam, Kareshma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Nephrotic syndrome; Steroid resistance; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FOLIC ACID; FUROSEMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MULTIVITAMIN; PREDNISONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANASARCA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; NEGRO; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REMISSION; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH EROSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG RESISTANCE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; STEROIDS;

EID: 33751002339     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-006-0276-2     Document Type: Article

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