Effective treatment of hepatitis C-associated immune-complex nephritis with cryoprecipitate apheresis and antiviral therapy

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 245-249

  Koziolek, M J ^a   Scheel, A ^a   Bramlage, C ^a   Groene, H J ^b   Mueller, G A ^a   Strutz, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apheresis; Cryoglobulinemia; Hepatitis C; Immune complex nephritis; Pegylated interferon ; Ribavirin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BENAZEPRIL; CANDESARTAN; CORTICOSTEROID; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PEGINTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RIBAVIRIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHOCYTOSIS; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; APHERESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROTEINURIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 34247228186     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP67245     Document Type: Article

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