Chronic graft-versus-host disease complicated by nephrotic syndrome

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 419-422

  Wang, Hsin Hui ^a,b   Yang, An Hang ^a,b   Yang, Ling Yu ^a,b   Hung, Giun Yi ^a,b   Chang, Jei Wen ^a,b   Wang, Chun Kai ^c   Lee, Tzong Yann ^d,e   Tang, Ren Bin ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d EN CHU KONG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Graft versus host disease; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Membranous nephropathy; Nephrotic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; IMATINIB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHRONIC GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EDEMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYELID EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MOUTH ULCER; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PROTEINURIA; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCROTAL SWELLING; URINALYSIS;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 80053305428     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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