Urinary eosinophils in AIN: Farewell to an old biomarker?

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1841-1843

  Perazella, Mark A ^a   Bomback, Andrew S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URINARY BIOMARKER;

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EDITORIAL; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILURIA; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY BIOPSY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; URINARY EOSINOPHIL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84887266896     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.08620813     Document Type: Editorial

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