Nodular Glomerulosclerosis in a Kidney Transplant Recipient Who Smokes

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 830-833

  Suneja, Manish ^a   Khan, Amina ^a   Katz, Daniel A ^a   Kalil, Roberto ^a   Nair, Ramesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

cigarette; idiopathic; Kidney; nodular glomerulosclerosis; smoking; transplant

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GEMFIBROZIL; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; METOPROLOL; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE BASEMENT MEMBRANE; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

CREATININE; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULES; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 35348825477     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2007.04.029     Document Type: Article

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