Can a dysregulated mucosal immune system in IgA nephropathy be controlled by tonsillectomy?

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2395-2397

  Coppo, Rosanna ^a  

^a REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

IgA nephropathy; macroscopic haematuria; mucosal immune system; tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ENTERITIS; ERADICATION THERAPY; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONSILLECTOMY; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MUCOSA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 77954764756     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq266     Document Type: Note

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