Membranous glomerulonephritis: Treatment response and outcome in children

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-308

  Valentini, Rudolph P ^a   Mattoo, Tej K ^a   Kapur, Gaurav ^a   Imam, Abubakr ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; Membranous glomerulonephritis; Membranous glomerulonephropathy; Nephrotic syndrome; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MONOTHERAPY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEINURIA; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149104139     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-008-1005-9     Document Type: Article

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