IgG4-related membranous nephropathy with high blood and low urine IgG4/IgG ratio: A case report and review of the literature

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 145-148

  Li, Xiao Li ^a   Yan, Tie Kun ^a   Li, Hong Fen ^a   Xu, Peng Cheng ^a   Jia, Jun Ya ^a   Wei, Li ^a   Shang, Wen Ya ^a   Lin, Shan ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

IgG4 related membranous nephropathy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 RECEPTOR; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 RELATED DISEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN URINE LEVEL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REMISSION; REVIEW; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOUS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINURIA; RECEPTORS, PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 84900383575     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-013-2406-0     Document Type: Review

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