Treating severe Henoch-Schönlein and IgA nephritis with plasmapheresis alone

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1167-1171

  Shenoy, Mohan ^a   Ognjanovic, Milos V ^a   Coulthard, Malcolm G ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Henoch Sch nlein disease; IgA disease; Nephritis; Plasmapheresis; Proteinuria; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548339220     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: 1432198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0498-y     Document Type: Review

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