A case of Kaposi's sarcoma following treatment of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis and a review of the literature

Renal Failure

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-110

  Agbaht, Kemal ^a   Pepedil, Funda ^a   Kirkpantur, Alper ^a   Yilmaz, Rahmi ^a   Arici, Mustafa ^a   Turgan, Cetin ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Kaposi's sarcoma; Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PACLITAXEL; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LONG TERM CARE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; SHORT COURSE THERAPY;

FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33847004037     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08860220601039551     Document Type: Review

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