Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
Delayed Therapeutic Response to Oral Corticosteroids and Rituximab Leading to Dialysis Independence in a Patient with Treatment-resistant C3 Glomerulonephritis.
Yuki Nakao, Junko Kunieda, Towako Taguchi, Yuki Tanaka, Soichiro Iimori, Fumiaki Ando, Shintaro Mandai, Koichiro Susa, Takayasu Mori, Shotaro Naito, Kenichi Ohashi, Eisei Sohara, Shinichi Uchida, Yutaro Mori
Published: 202510.2169/internalmedicine.6219-25
Abstract
A 56-year-old man with nephrotic syndrome was diagnosed with recurrent C3 glomerulonephritis (C3GN) without preceding infection. Initial treatment with steroid pulse therapy and oral glucocorticoids failed, and he required hemodialysis due to progres…
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