Treatment of severe henoch-schonlein purpura nephritis with mycophenolate mofetil
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Mycophenolate mofetil for the treatment of Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis; current knowledge and new concepts
Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is the most common primary systemic vasculitis of childhood (1). It is generally considered a self-limited disease, and majority of patients improve completely (2,3). Shortand long-term outcomes of HSP are generally favorable, and predicted by the severity of initial manifestations and renal involvement (1,2). Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis (HSPN) is the major...
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عنوان ژورنال: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1319-2442
DOI: 10.4103/1319-2442.135182