Disappearance of glomerular IgA deposits in childhood IgA nephropathy showing diffuse mesangial proliferation after 2 years of combination/ prednisolone therapy

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-169

  Shima, Yuko ^a   Nakanishi, Koichi ^a   Kamei, Koichi ^b   Togawa, Hiroko ^a   Nozu, Kandai ^c   Tanaka, Ryojiro ^d   Sasaki, Satoshi ^e   Iijima, Kazumoto ^c   Yoshikawa, Norishige ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KOBE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

children; deposit; immunosuppressant; proteinuria; steroid

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MIZORIBINE; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MORNING DOSAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; AZATHIOPRINE; CHILD; DIPYRIDAMOLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBONUCLEOSIDES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATOR AGENTS; WARFARIN;

EID: 78650670905     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq387     Document Type: Article

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