Coincident chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: A common autoimmunity?

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 294-295

  Girolami, Francesca ^a   Galassi, Giuliana ^a   Furci, Luciana ^a   Ariatti, Alessandra ^a   Cappelli, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic proteinuria; CIDP; Focal; Segmental glomerulosclerosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOIMMUNITY; BALANCE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLYNEUROPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPHAGIA; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROTEINURIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; LETTER; PATHOLOGY; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY;

ADULT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY, CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING; RECURRENCE;

EID: 77956639404     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: 14377799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-009-0259-2     Document Type: Article

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