Case 20-2012: A 77-year-old man with leg edema, hematuria, and acute renal failure

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 2503-2515

  Bazari, Hasan ^a,b   Guimaraes, Alexander R ^a,b   Kushner, Yael B ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; CHLORTALIDONE; CREATININE; DILTIAZEM; LISINOPRIL; NITROGEN; UREA; ANTIBODY; COL4A3BP PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL RADIOTHERAPY; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHILL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEVER; GOODPASTURE SYNDROME; HEMATURIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; ILIAC ARTERY ANEURYSM; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; RASH; RENOGRAPHY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VOMITING; WHEEZING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; AGED; ANTI-GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE DISEASE; ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LUNG; MALE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84862845053     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1111577     Document Type: Article

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