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Management in immunoglobulin A nephropathy.
158 Hong Kong Med J Vol 15 No 2 # April 2009 # To the Editor— I read with interest the article by Cheung et al,1 who stated that there is still no effective treatment for immunoglobulin (Ig) A nephropathy. Some points need to be clarified however. Firstly, combination of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker is firstline therapy to preserve glomerular filtrati...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1460-2385,0931-0509
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.suppl_6.77