Presence of autoantibodies against tubular and uveal cells in a patient with tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU) syndrome

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1452-1455

  Abed, Lynda ^a   Merouani, Aicha ^a   Haddad, Elie ^a   Benoit, Genevieve ^a   Oligny, Luc Laurier ^a   Sartelet, Hervé ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Granulomatous inflammation; TINU syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTURIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; URINALYSIS; UVEITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOPSY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; IRIDOCYCLITIS; KIDNEY TUBULE; PATHOLOGY; SYNDROME; UVEA;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOPSY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; KIDNEY TUBULES; MALE; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; SYNDROME; UVEA; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 42949105173     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm890     Document Type: Article

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