A case of tubulointerstitial nephritis in IgG4-related systemic disease with markedly enlarged kidneys

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Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-235

  Mise, Naobumi ^a   Tomizawa, Yutaka ^b   Fujii, Akiko ^a   Yamaguchi, Yutaka ^c   Sugimoto, Tokuichiro ^a  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

IgG4; Renal dysfunction; Retroperitoneal fibrosis; Tubulointerstitial nephritis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

EID: 77953944421     PISSN: 17530784     EISSN: 17530792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfp023     Document Type: Article

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