Low-dose pulse methylprednisolone followed by short-term combination therapy and tonsillectomy for childhood IgA nephropathy

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 563-564

  Fujinaga, Shuichiro ^a   Ohtomo, Yoshiyuki ^b   Hirano, Daishi ^a   Nishizaki, Naoto ^a   Someya, Tomonosuke ^c   Ohtsuka, Yoshikazu ^c   Kaneko, Kazunari ^d   Shimizu, Toshiaki ^c  

^a SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY NERIMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIZORIBINE; PREDNISOLONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; SCHOOL CHILD; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINARY EXCRETION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NOTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950359111     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-009-1239-1     Document Type: Letter

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