Tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome (TINU): A step forward to understanding an elusive oculorenal syndrome

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1095-1097

  Izzedine, Hassane ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis TINU syndrome; Pathogenesis TINU syndrome; TINU syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY TUBULE BASEMENT MEMBRANE; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SARCOIDOSIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; UVEITIS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; SYNDROME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; SYNDROME; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 42949130761     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm940     Document Type: Note

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