Crescentic Glomerulonephritis Associated With Hypocomplementemic Urticarial Vasculitis Syndrome

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1168-1173

  Balsam, Leah ^a   Karim, Mohammed ^a   Miller, Frederick ^b   Rubinstein, Sofia ^a  

^a NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crescentic glomerulonephritis; hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome; plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRESCENTIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIC URTICARIAL VASCULITIS SYNDROME; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; SYNDROME; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 56049123382     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.07.024     Document Type: Article

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