IgA Nephropathy: A Disease in Search of a Large-Scale Clinical Trial to Reliably Inform Practice

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-8

  Strippoli, Giovanni F M ^a,b,c,d   Maione, Ausilia ^a   Schena, Francesco P ^e   Tognoni, G ^a   Craig, Jonathan C ^c,d  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b Medical Scientific Office   (Sweden)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILAZAPRIL; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; RAMIPRIL; TELMISARTAN;

ALBUMINURIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; MONOTHERAPY; PROTEINURIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CILAZAPRIL; CREATININE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; PREDNISONE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 57749172926     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.10.035     Document Type: Editorial

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