Clinical spectrum and outcome of crescentic glomerulonephritis in children in developing countries

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-394

  Dewan, Deepak ^a   Gulati, Sanjeev ^a   Sharma, Raj K ^a   Prasad, Narayan ^a   Jain, Manoj ^a   Gupta, Amit ^a   Kumar, Alok ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Crescentic glomerulonephritis; Proteinuria

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRESCENTIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE DURATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEINURIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38649129725     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0647-3     Document Type: Article

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