Efficacy and safety of traditional chinese medicine (Shenqi particle) for patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy: A multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1068-1076

  Chen, Yiping ^a   Deng, Yueyi ^a   Ni, Zhaohui ^b   Chen, Nan ^b   Chen, Xiangmei ^c   Shi, Wei ^d   Zhan, Yongli ^e   Yuan, Fahuan ^f   Deng, Wei ^g   Zhong, Yifei ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^d GUANGXI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^f THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

clinical trial; cyclophosphamide; Idiopathic membranous nephropathy; prednisone; Shenqi particle; traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SHENQI PARTICLE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SHENQI;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC MEMBRANOUS NEPHROPATHY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG INFECTION; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OPEN STUDY; PARALLEL DESIGN; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION; AGED; BIOPSY; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHINA; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PREDNISONE;

EID: 84888378827     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: 15236838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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