Rituximab in two cases of Goodpasture's syndrome

NDT Plus

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 225-227

  Schless, Birgit ^a   Yildirim, Suzan ^a   Beha, Daniel ^a   Keller, Frieder ^a   Czock, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti GBM disease; Goodpasture's syndrome; Leukoencephalopathy; Plasma exchange; Rituximab

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; LAMOTRIGINE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GOODPASTURE SYNDROME; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 77953924715     PISSN: 17530784     EISSN: 17530792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfp020     Document Type: Article

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