Membranous nephropathy in rheumatoid arthritis: A case report

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 840-842

  Maruotti, N ^a   Corrado, A ^a   Gaudio, A ^a   Cantatore, F P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug; Nephropathy; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPERPLASIA; INFLAMMATION; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIDE EFFECT; SYNOVIUM;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 72949116748     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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