Clinical practice guideline for pediatric idiopathic nephrotic syndrome 2013: medical therapy

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 6-33

  Ishikura, Kenji ^a   Matsumoto, Shinsuke ^b   Sako, Mayumi ^c   Tsuruga, Kazushi ^d   Nakanishi, Koichi ^e   Kamei, Koichi ^f   Saito, Hiroshi ^g   Fujinaga, Shuichiro ^h   Hamasaki, Yuko ⁱ   Chikamoto, Hiroko ^j   Ohtsuka, Yasufumi ^k   Komatsu, Yasuhiro ^l   Ohta, Toshiyuki ^m   Nagai, Takuhito ⁿ   Kaito, Hiroshi ^o   Kondo, Shuji ^p   Ikezumi, Yohei ^q   Tanaka, Seiji ^r   Kaku, Yoshitsugu ^s   Iijima, Kazumoto ^o  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Department of Pediatrics Matsudo City Hospital Children s Medical Center   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^d HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^g NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

ⁱ Department of Pediatric Nephrology ^*  (Japan)

^j TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^k SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^m HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁿ AICHI CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^o KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^q NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^r KURUME UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^s Fukuoka Childrens Hospital   (Japan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; MIZORIBINE; MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL; RITUXIMAB; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; OSTEOPOROSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAPSE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; STEROID THERAPY; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE; KIDNEY; LONG TERM CARE; PATHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LONG-TERM CARE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; RECURRENCE; STEROIDS;

EID: 84925503436     PISSN: 13421751     EISSN: 14377799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10157-014-1030-x     Document Type: Review

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