Fibrillary glomerulonephritis with small fibrils in a patient with the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome successfully treated with immunosuppressive therapy

BMC Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Javaid, Muhammad M ^a   Denley, Helen ^b   Tagboto, Senyo ^c  

^a GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ATORVASTATIN; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IRON; PERINDOPRIL; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBER; FIBRILLARY GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROTEINURIA; DRUG COMBINATION; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249824309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2369-8-7     Document Type: Article

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