Long-term outcome of children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome treated with tacrolimus

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1117-1124

  Roberti, Isabel ^a   Vyas, Shefali ^a  

^a SAINT BARNABAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

C1q nephropathy; ESRD; FSGS; Steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; ENALAPRIL; LOSARTAN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q NEPHROPATHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERKALEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY INJURY; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TACROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951257981     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-010-1471-8     Document Type: Article

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