Chronic renal insufficiency in a boy with cystic renal lymphangiectasia: Morphological findings and long-term follow-up

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 416-421

  Ueda, S ^a   Yanagida, H ^a   Sugimoto, K ^a   Fujita, S ^a   Yagi, K ^a   Okada, M ^a   Takemura, Tsukasa ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lymphatics malformation retroperitoneum; Renal cystic disease; Renal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

CANDESARTAN HEXETIL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL MALEATE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FUROSEMIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ABDOMINAL SWELLING; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOCAL GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; POLYCYTHEMIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; UMBILICAL HERNIA;

EID: 37149006686     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp68416     Document Type: Article

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