Pulmonary capillaritis in IgA nephropathy

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 605-607

  Anantham, Devanand ^a   Chan, Kenneth P W ^b   Chuah, Khoon Leong ^b   Vathsala, Anantharaman ^b   Eng, Philip ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage; IgA nephropathy; Pulmonary capillaritis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCIUM; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; IRON; MEPREDNISONE; PREDNISONE; VITAMIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARITIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; CAPILLARIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; VASCULITIS;

EID: 34250705252     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31804853dc     Document Type: Article

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