Treatment of renal manifestations of ANCA-associated vasculitis

Journal of Nephropathology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-19

  Galesic, Kresimir ^a   Ljubanovic, Danica ^a   Horvatic, Ivica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

ANCA associated small vessel vasculitis; Antineutrophil cytoplasmatic; Autoantibody; Chapel Hill consensus conference classification; Crescentic glomerulonephritis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877087218     PISSN: 22518363     EISSN: 22518819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/nephropathol.8971     Document Type: Review

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