Tonsillectomy with methylprednisolone pulse therapy as rescue treatment for steroid-resistant IgA nephropathy in children

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-16

  Kawasaki, Yukihiko ^a,b   Suyama, Kazuhide ^a   Abe, Yusaku ^a   Ushijima, Yumiko ^a   Sakai, Nobuko ^a   Takano, Kei ^a   Ito, Masaki ^a   Hashimoto, Koichi ^a   Hosoya, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Children; IgA nephropathy; Methylprednisolone pulse; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NIFEDIPINE; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; ONSET AGE; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PALATINE TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 69249156841     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.218.11     Document Type: Article

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