Impact of annual urine health check-up system to obtain clinical remission in patients with IgA nephropathy

Contributions to Nephrology

Volumn 157, Issue , 2007, Pages 104-108

  Ieiri, Norio ^a,b   Hotta, Osamu ^a   Taguma, Yoshio ^a  

^a Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital   (Japan)

^b Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; JAPAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION; TONSILLECTOMY; URINALYSIS; URINE;

ADULT; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; REMISSION INDUCTION; STEROIDS; TONSILLECTOMY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 34248992924     PISSN: 03025144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/0000102312     Document Type: Conference Paper

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