Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease in Auckland

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 672-676

  Taylor, D M ^a,b   Yehia, M ^b   Simpson, I J ^b,c   Thein, H ^d   Chang, Y ^a   de Zoysa, J R ^a,c  

^a NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anti glomerular basement disease; Cresentic glomerulonephritis; Goodpastures disease.

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MAORI; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PLASMAPHERESIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862531953     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02621.x     Document Type: Article

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