Methylprednisolone pulse therapy combined with mizoribine following tonsillectomy for immunoglobulin A nephropathy: Clinical remission rate, steroid sparing effect, and maintenance of renal function

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-78

  Kaneko, Tomohiro ^a   Hirama, Akio ^a   Ueda, Kae ^a   Fujino, Teppei ^a   Utsumi, Koichi ^a   Iino, Yasuhiko ^a   Katayama, Yasuo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical remission; IgA nephropathy; Methylprednisolone pulse; Mizoribine; Steroid sparing effect; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 6; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIZORIBINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERURICEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PROTEINURIA; REMISSION; RENAL PROTECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONSILLECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; JAPAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBONUCLEOSIDES; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952195051     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: 14377799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-010-0356-2     Document Type: Article

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