Tonsillectomy and steroid pulse (TSP) therapy for patients with IgA nephropathy: A nationwide survey of TSP therapy in Japan and an analysis of the predictive factors for resistance to TSP therapy

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 460-466

  Miura, Naoto ^a   Imai, Hirokazu ^a   Kikuchi, Shogo ^a   Hayashi, Shogo ^a   Endoh, Masayuki ^b   Kawamura, Tetsuya ^c   Tomino, Yasuhiko ^d   Moriwaki, Kumiko ^e   Kiyomoto, Hideyasu ^e   Kohagura, Kentaro ^f   Nakazawa, Eiko ^g   Kusano, Eiji ^g   Mochizuki, Toshio ^h   Nomura, Shinsuke ⁱ   Sasaki, Tamaki ^j   Kashihara, Naoki ^j   Soma, Jun ^k   Tomo, Tadashi ^l   Nakabayashi, Iwao ^m   Yoshida, Masaharu ^m   Watanabe, Tsuyoshi ⁿ   more..

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^g JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^k Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

^l OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

ⁿ FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

IgA nephropathy; Resistance to tonsillectomy and steroid pulse therapy; Steroid pulse therapy; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PREVALENCE; REMISSION; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION INDUCTION; ROC CURVE; STEROIDS; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349669504     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: 14377799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-009-0179-1     Document Type: Article

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