Simultaneous occurrence of hepatitis C virus-associated glomerulonephritis and AL amyloidosis

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2943-2945

  Cao, Yali ^a   Zhang, Youkang ^a   Wang, Suxia ^a   Zhao, Minghui ^a   Zou, Wanzhong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

AL amyloidosis; Glomerulonephritis; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CONGO RED; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONTIRELIN; PREDNISONE; SARCOLYSIN; VIRUS RNA;

AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MESANGIUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

EID: 69249106803     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfp296     Document Type: Article

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