Refractory anemia as a presenting feature of microscopic polyangitis: A rare vasculitis in children

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1287-1289

  Jindal, Geetanjali ^a   Cruz, Sanjay D ^a   Punia, R P S ^a   Kaur, Ravinder ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

ANCA associated small vessel vasculitis; Anemia; Pauci immune; Peri nuclear antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies; Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; IRON; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ANEMIA; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; CRUSH SYNDROME; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HEMATOLOGY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPONATREMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IRON THERAPY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MICROCYTIC ANEMIA; MICROSCOPIC POLYANGIITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL ANEMIA; PALLOR; PULMONARY RENAL SYNDROME; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; REFRACTORY ANEMIA; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINALYSIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 80054735051     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-011-0459-0     Document Type: Article

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