Clinical impact of renal biopsy on outcomes in elderly patients with nephrotic syndrome

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Yoon, Hye Eun ^a   Shin, Mi Jung ^a   Kim, Young Soo ^a   Choi, Bum Soon ^a   Kim, Byung Soo ^a   Choi, Young Jin ^b   Kim, Young Ok ^a   Yoon, Sun Ae ^a   Kim, Yong Soo ^a   Yang, Chul Woo ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elderly; Glomerulonephritis; Nephrotic syndrome; Renal biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955099796     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319643     Document Type: Article

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