Clinical and pathological study of Kimura's disease with renal involvement

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 517-525

  Liu, Chunbei ^a   Hu, Weixin ^a   Chen, Huiping ^a   Tang, Zheng ^a   Zeng, Caihong ^a   Liu, Zhihong ^a   Li, Leishi ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eosinophilia; Glomerulonephritis; Kimura's disease; Nephrotic syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ECZEMA; EDEMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHIL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; KIMURA DISEASE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MESANGIUM CELL; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; NEURITIS; PODOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; LYMPH NODE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOLYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA WITH EOSINOPHILIA; BIOPSY; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CELL PROLIFERATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-4; KIDNEY; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 52649153645     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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