Successful treatment of collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with a combination of rituximab, steroids and ciclosporin

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 957-959

  Kaito, Hiroshi ^a,c   Kamei, Koichi ^a   Kikuchi, Eriko ^a   Ogura, Masao ^a   Matsuoka, Kentaro ^a   Nagata, Michio ^b   Iijima, Kazumoto ^c   Ito, Shuichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciclosporin; Collapsing glomerulopathy; Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis; Methylprednisolone pulse therapy; Rituximab; Steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; LISINOPRIL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PRAVASTATIN; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EDEMA; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLOSPORINE; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EDEMA; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PROTEINURIA; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951254454     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-009-1410-8     Document Type: Article

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