Tonsillectomy in the treatment of pediatric henoch-schönlein nephritis

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 298-305

  Inoue, C N ^a   Chiba, Y ^a   Morimoto, T ^b   Nishio, T ^b   Kondo, Y ^b   Adachi, M ^a   Matsutani, S ^a  

^a Sendai Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glomerulonephritis; Henoch; Pediatric HSN; Sch nlein purpura; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ENALAPRIL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; ONSET AGE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 34248336722     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP67298     Document Type: Article

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