Long-term follow-up of patients with IgA nephropathy treated with prednisolone and cyclophosphamide therapy

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 264-269

  Oshima, Satoshi ^a,b   Kawamura, Osamu ^a,c  

^a Ground Self Defense Force Medical School   (Japan)

^b Japan Self Defense Force Beppu Hospital 3088 24 Beppu   (Japan)

^c Ishinomaki City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; IgA nephropathy; Prednisolone; Relapse; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MONITORING; PROTEINURIA; RECTUM ADENOMA; RELAPSE; REMISSION; THERAPY EFFECT; TIME;

ADULT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47649123761     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: 14377799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-008-0045-6     Document Type: Article

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