Pauci-immune lupus nephritis: A case report

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 531-535

  Li, Fei Ching ^a   Hwang, Daw Yang ^a   Hung, Chi Chih ^a   Chen, Hung Chun ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Crescentic glomerulonephritis; Lupus nephritis; Pauci immune glomerulonephritis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CREATININE; HAPTOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LEG EDEMA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 60149087905     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70012-9     Document Type: Article

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