Membranous nephropathy with repeated flares in IgG4-related disease

Clinical Kidney Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 204-207

  Kanda, Hiroko ^a   Koya, Junji ^b   Uozaki, Hiroshi ^a   Tateishi, Shoko ^a   Sato, Kojiro ^c   Hagino, Noboru ^d   Sawada, Tetsuji ^e   Yamamoto, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY CHIBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

cyclophosphamide; cyclosporine A; flares; IgG4 related disease; membranous nephropathy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; STEROID;

ARTICLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED DISEASE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG LESION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PLEURA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 84875704002     PISSN: 20488505     EISSN: 20488513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfs180     Document Type: Article

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