The treatment of acute interstitial nephritis: More data at last

Kidney International

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 905-907

  Appel, G B ^a,b  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LONG TERM CARE; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 41449084473     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.53     Document Type: Note

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