A case of mixed connective tissue disease presenting with nephrotic syndrome

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 236-240

  Kuroda, Hiro ^a   Ishii, Keita ^a   Negoro, Yuji ^a   Sugiyama, Hiroko ^a   Inoue, Junko ^a   Ogurusu, Chiga ^a   Kikuchi, Takeshi ^a   Shimoe, Keisei ^a   Sunami, Katsutoshi ^a  

^a CHUGOKU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Cyclosporine A (CsA); Mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD); Nephrotic syndrome (NS)

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR ALPHA; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DOPAMINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCLERODERMA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 4444358164     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/s10165-004-0298-1     Document Type: Article

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