A case report of recurrence of mixed cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis in a renal transplant recipient

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 22, 2010, Pages 44-47

  Takeda, Asami ^a   Ootsuka, Yasuhiro ^a   Suzuki, Taisei ^a   Yamauchi, Yukako ^a   Tsujita, Makoto ^a   Kawaguchi, Takehiko ^a   Horike, Keiji ^a   Oikawa, Tadashi ^a   Goto, Norihiko ^a   Nagasaka, Takaharu ^a   Watarai, Yoshihiko ^a   Uchida, Kazuharu ^a   Morozumi, Kunio ^a  

^a NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

HCV negative; Kidney allograft; Mixed cryoglobulinemia; Recurrent disease

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; STEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; FEVER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PURPURA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPSIS; SYMPTOM; THROMBUS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 77954501828     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2010.01281.x     Document Type: Article

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