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Tonsillectomy and steroid pulse (TSP) therapy for patients with IgA nephropathy: a nationwide survey of TSP therapy in Japan and an analysis of the predictive factors for resistance to TSP therapy

Naoto Miura, Hirokazu Imai, Shogo Kikuchi, Shogo Hayashi, Masayuki Endoh, Tetsuya Kawamura, Yasuhiko Tomino, Kumiko Moriwaki, Hideyasu Kiyomoto, Kentaro Kohagura,

Clinical and Experimental Nephrology · 2009 · 71 citations · 8 references

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Corticosteroid Effectiveness in IgA Nephropathy

Claudio Pozzi, Simeone Andrulli, Lucia Del Vecchio et al. · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2004 · 480 citations

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Tonsillectomy and steroid pulse therapy significantly impact on clinical remission in patients with IgA nephropathy

Osamu Hotta, Mariko Miyazaki, Takashi Furuta et al. · American Journal of Kidney Diseases · 2001 · 331 citations

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Natural history and risk factors for immunoglobulin a nephropathy in Japan

Akio Kôyama, Masaya Igarashi, Masaki Kobayashi · American Journal of Kidney Diseases · 1997 · 328 citations

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The efficacy of tonsillectomy on long-term renal survival in patients with IgA nephropathy

Yuansheng Xie, Shinichi Nishi, Mitsuhiro Ueno et al. · Kidney International · 2003 · 209 citations

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A scoring system to predict renal outcome in IgA nephropathy: from a nationwide prospective study

Kenji Wakai, Takashi Kawamura, Masayuki Endoh et al. · Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 2006 · 171 citations