Present status and future perspective of RPGN in Japan

Japanese Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-83

  Usui, Joichi ^a   Yamagata, Kunihiro ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; JAPAN; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AZATHIOPRINE; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; JAPAN; METHOTREXATE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 64849110231     PISSN: 03852385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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