A study appearing in an upcoming issue of the iJournal of the American Society of Nephrology/i (JASN)says that simple blood tests could help physicians decide which patients with a particular autoimmune kidney disease can forgo potentially toxic medications and which need to be treated. Idiopathic membranous nephropathy is an autoimmune kidney disease that leads to kidney failure in at least half of patients if left untreated. Immunosuppressive therapy is effective, ...Sunday 9 September 2012
Autoimmune Kidney Disease can be Detected by Simple Blood Tests
A study appearing in an upcoming issue of the iJournal of the American Society of Nephrology/i (JASN)says that simple blood tests could help physicians decide which patients with a particular autoimmune kidney disease can forgo potentially toxic medications and which need to be treated. Idiopathic membranous nephropathy is an autoimmune kidney disease that leads to kidney failure in at least half of patients if left untreated. Immunosuppressive therapy is effective, ...
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