Isolated renal relapse of sarcoidosis under low-dose glucocorticoid therapy

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 879-882

  Mayer, Christof ^a   Müller, Angela ^a   Halbritter, Jan ^a   Wirtz, Hubert ^a   Stumvoll, Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid therapy; Granulomatous interstitial nephritis (GIN); Renal biopsy; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; PREDNISOLONE; REPAGLINIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SARCOIDOSIS; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; PREDNISOLONE; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 43949083000     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0603-3     Document Type: Article

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