Multitarget therapy of lupus nephritis: Base hit or home run?

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1842-1844

  Glassock, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; ENZYME INHIBITOR; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID;

CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DRUG COMBINATION; NOTE; PATHOLOGY;

DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54049133295     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2008070779     Document Type: Editorial

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