A case of primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome with severe nephrotic syndrome showing remarkable endothelial cell damage in the capillary lumen

Japanese Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 431-437

  Nakano, Hirofumi ^a   Tuchida, Hiroki ^a   Hamaguchi, Kinichi ^a   Wakabayashi, Yoshinori ^a   Nishimura, Motonobu ^a   Suzuki, Satoshi ^a   Miura, Yasuhiko ^a   Watanabe, Shuichirou ^a   Yamada, Kenichi ^a   Shibasaki, Toshiaki ^b   Sakai, Osamu ^b  

^a SAKURA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glomerular endothelial cell damage; Nephrotic syndrome; Primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome; Pulse cyclophosphamide; Thrombotic microangiopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DAMAGE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CAPILLARIES; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 8544225703     PISSN: 03852385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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