A clinicopathological study on the long-term efficacy of tonsillectomy in patients with IgA nephropathy

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn 124, Issue 555, 2004, Pages 49-53

  Nishi, Shinichi ^a   Xie, Yuansheng ^a   Ueno, Mitsuhiro ^a   Imai, Naofumi ^a   Suzuki, Yasushi ^a   Iguchi, Seitaro ^a   Fukase, Sachiko ^a   Mori, Honami ^a   Alchi, Bassam ^a   Shimada, Hisaki ^a   Arakawa, Masaaki ^a   Gejyo, Fumitake ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

End stage renal failure; Glomerulonephritis; Renal survival rate; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TONSILLITIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 68949156322     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03655230410003422     Document Type: Conference Paper

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