Successful interferon-α treatment in a patient with IgA nephropathy associated with hepatitis C virus infection

Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 2531-2532

  Ji, Fanpu ^a   Li, Zhengxiao ^a   Ge, Heng ^b   Deng, Hong ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glomerulonephritis; Hepatitis C; IgA nephropathy; Interferon

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 5A; RIBAVIRIN; UREA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANKLE EDEMA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARY WALL; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACE EDEMA; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; HEMATURIA; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY SIZE; KIDNEY TUBULE EPITHELIUM; LETTER; LOW BACK PAIN; MALAISE; MALE; MESANGIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINURIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 78549274769     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.4365     Document Type: Letter

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