A woman with chronic hepatitis C infection and nephrotic syndrome who developed multiple renal lesions after interferon alfa therapy

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 567-573

  Fisher, Maxwell E ^a,b   Rossini, Michele ^a,b   Simmons, Edith ^a,b   Harris, Raymond C ^a,b   Moeckel, Gilbert ^a,b   Zent, Roy ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS); Hepatitis C; immune complex glomerulonephritis; interferon

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ATENOLOL; DILTIAZEM; FUROSEMIDE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LISINOPRIL; PAROXETINE; PREDNISONE; RABEPRAZOLE; TRAZODONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY INJURY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER PROTECTION; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSCOPY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME;

EID: 4444359164     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2004.04.051     Document Type: Article

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