A case of simultaneous, biopsy-proven, classic, ANCA-positive Wegener's granulomatosis and anti-GBM disease, but without detectible circulating anti-GBM antibodies

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Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 1078-1083

  Gmurczyk, Aleksandra ^a   Ahya, Shubhada N ^a   Goldschmidt, Robert ^a   Kim, George ^a   Ho, L Tammy ^a   Nash, Kevin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANCA; Anti GBM antibody; Kidney injury; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTI GLOMERULAR MEMBRANE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; PLASMAPHERESIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; BIOPSY; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMANS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 77955906256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.107     Document Type: Article

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