Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (AIMCA)-Associated crescentic glomerulonephritis and propylthiouracil therapy

Nephron

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 701-703

  Yuasa, Shigekazu ^a   Hashimoto, Mayuko ^a   Yura, Takafumi ^a   Sumikura, Tohru ^a   Takahashi, Norihiro ^a   Shoji, Tetsuo ^a   Uchida, Koichi ^a   Fujioka, Hiroshi ^a   Kihara, Minoru ^a   Matsuo, Hirohide ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies; Crescentic glomerulonephritis; Propylthiouracil

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

EID: 9344222193     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189164     Document Type: Article

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