Membranous nephropathy associated with IgG4-related disease

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 272-275

  Cravedi, Paolo ^a   Abbate, Mauro ^a   Gagliardini, Elena ^a   Galbusera, Miriam ^a   Buelli, Simona ^a   Sabadini, Ettore ^b   Maras, Maddalena ^b   Beck Jr , Laurence H ^c   Salant, David J ^d   Benigni, Ariela ^a   D'Agati, Vivette ^d   Remuzzi, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) related disease; Membranous nephropathy; nephrotic syndrome; rituximab

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LOSARTAN; MACROGOL 6000; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; PANCREAS ENZYME; PREDNISOLONE; RAMIPRIL; RITUXIMAB;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE PANCREATITIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; ITALY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MIKULICZ DISEASE; PANCREAS CALCIFICATION; PODOCYTE; PROTEINURIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIALOADENITIS; STEROID THERAPY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME;

EID: 79960839490     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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