Nephrotic syndrome in adults

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7654, 2008, Pages 1185-1189

  Hull, Richard P ^a   Goldsmith, David J A ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; GOLD; LITHIUM; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; TAMOXIFEN; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALPORT SYNDROME; AMYLOIDOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; DENYS DRASH SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FILARIASIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LYMPHOMA; MALARIA; MYELOMA; NAIL PATELLA SYNDROME; NEOPLASM; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANAMNESIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIET; DYSLIPIDEMIA; INFECTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DIET; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HUMANS; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEINURIA; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 44449110063     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39576.709711.80     Document Type: Review

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