Pauci-immune necrotizing and crescentic glomerulonephritis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 290-293

  Fayaz, A ^a   Pirson, Y ^a   Cosyns, J P ^a   Yango, J ^a   Lambert, M ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Pauci immune glomerulonephritis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRESCENTIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PAUCIIMMUNE PROLIFERATIVE NECROTIZING GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROTEINURIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 42049085043     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP69290     Document Type: Article

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