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Published in: Clinical and Experimental Nephrology 3/2016

Open Access 01-06-2016 | Guideline

Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis 2014

Authors: Yoshihiro Arimura, Eri Muso, Shoichi Fujimoto, Midori Hasegawa, Shinya Kaname, Joichi Usui, Toshiko Ihara, Masaki Kobayashi, Mitsuyo Itabashi, Kiyoki Kitagawa, Junichi Hirahashi, Kenjiro Kimura, Seiichi Matsuo

Published in: Clinical and Experimental Nephrology | Issue 3/2016

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Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) is defined in Japan as “a syndrome that progresses rapidly within a few weeks or months to renal failure and is accompanied by urinary findings of nephritis.” The clinical concept of RPGN includes various renal diseases that cause renal function to deteriorate over a subacute course. Necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis is often observed in histopathological findings. …
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Title
Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis 2014
Authors
Yoshihiro Arimura
Eri Muso
Shoichi Fujimoto
Midori Hasegawa
Shinya Kaname
Joichi Usui
Toshiko Ihara
Masaki Kobayashi
Mitsuyo Itabashi
Kiyoki Kitagawa
Junichi Hirahashi
Kenjiro Kimura
Seiichi Matsuo
Publication date
01-06-2016
Publisher
Springer Japan
Published in
Clinical and Experimental Nephrology / Issue 3/2016
Print ISSN: 1342-1751
Electronic ISSN: 1437-7799
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10157-015-1218-8

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