Serial renal biopsies in three girls with tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis syndrome

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1159-1164

  Yanagihara, Takeshi ^a   Kitamura, Hiroshi ^b   Aki, Kaoru ^a   Kuroda, Nao ^a   Fukunaga, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b SAKURA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

2 Microglobulin; Serial renal biopsy; Steroid therapy; Tubulointerstitial nephritis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN URINE LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GLUCOSURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SCAR FORMATION; TUBULOINTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS AND UVEITIS SYNDROME; UVEITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BIOPSY; CREATININE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; PREDNISOLONE; STEROIDS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVEITIS;

EID: 67650328169     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-009-1142-9     Document Type: Article

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