Mizoribine for renal sarcoidosis: Effective steroid tapering and prevention of recurrence

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 411-414

  Ito, Shuichi ^a   Harada, Tomonori ^a   Nakamura, Tomoko ^a   Imagawa, Tomoyuki ^b   Nagahama, Kiyotaka ^a   Sasaki, Takeshi ^a   Fujinaga, Shuichiro ^c   Aihara, Yukoh ^a   Yokota, Shumpei ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; Granulomatous interstitial nephritis; Mizoribine; Prednisolone; Renal; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; EYE DROPS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIZORIBINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TELMISARTAN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COUGHING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; FOCAL GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RENAL SARCOIDOSIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RECURRENCE; RIBONUCLEOSIDES; SARCOIDOSIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 58149095803     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-008-0995-7     Document Type: Article

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