Open AccessAcute interstitial nephritis: clinical features and response to corticosteroid therapy
Author(s) -
Michael R. Clarkson
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
nephrology, dialysis, transplantation/nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfh485
Subject(s) - medicine , creatinine , interquartile range , interstitial nephritis , corticosteroid , retrospective cohort study , rash , gastroenterology , renal function , surgery , kidney
Acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) is a recognized cause of reversible acute renal failure characterized by the presence of an interstitial inflammatory cell infiltrate.