A case of MPO-ANCA-positive Wegener's granulomatosis with hepatitis C virus infection

Japanese Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1053-1058

  Yasuda, Mako ^a,b   Araki, Hisazumi ^b   Fujitomo, Yumiko ^a   Morita, Yoshikata ^a   Urasaki, Koji ^a   Uzu, Takashi ^b   Isono, Motohide ^a  

^a OTSU MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinemia; HCV; MPO ANCA; Otitis media; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; HEMATURIA; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPANESE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LOBE; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; PROTEINURIA; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; URINALYSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OTITIS MEDIA; PEROXIDASE; PREDNISOLONE; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 82155203066     PISSN: 03852385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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