Glomerulonephritis and the nephrotic syndrome in pregnancy

Fetal and Maternal Medicine Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-184

  Hall, Matt ^a   Brunskill, Nigel J ^a  

^a LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN ANTAGONIST; ANTIMETABOLITE; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; MYELOBLASTIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADRENAL SUPPRESSION; ALPORT SYNDROME; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; FETUS DEATH; FETUS WASTAGE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL DIABETES MELLITUS; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MORBIDITY; NEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PERINATAL DEATH; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEINURIA; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SIDE EFFECT; TERATOGENICITY; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS;

EID: 77955926699     PISSN: 09655395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0965539510000045     Document Type: Review

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