Steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome

Kidney International

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1209-1215

  Kitamura, Akiko ^a   Tsukaguchi, Hiroyasu ^a,d   Maruyama, Kenichi ^b   Shono, Akemi ^a   Iijima, Kazumoto ^c   Kagami, Shoji ^a   Doi, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Gumna Children S Medical Center   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CYCLOSPORIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPYRIDAMOLE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; STEROID RESISTANT NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; STEROID THERAPY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEINURIA; STEROIDS;

EID: 53949115449     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.297     Document Type: Article

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