Prediction of ESRD in Pauci-immune Necrotizing Glomerulonephritis: Quantitative Histomorphometric Assessment and Serum Creatinine

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 250-258

  Day, Clara J ^a   Howie, Alec J ^b   Nightingale, Peter ^a   Shabir, Shazia ^a   Adu, Dwomoa ^a   Savage, Caroline O ^c   Hewins, Peter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antineutrophil cytoplasm autoantibody; end stage renal disease (ESRD); kidney biopsy; necrotizing glomerulonephritis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY INFECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; MORTALITY; PAUCIIMMUNE NECROTIZING GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; COHORT STUDIES; CREATININE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74449092285     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.10.047     Document Type: Article

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