Open AccessUrokinase, a Scavenger of Affected Tubules in Acute Worsening during Macroscopic Hematuria of IgA Nephropathy?
Author(s) -
T. Murakami,
Hatsumi Kawakami
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
the nephron journals/nephron journals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 2235-3186
pISSN - 1660-8151
DOI - 10.1159/000185931
Subject(s) - medicine , urokinase , nephropathy , microscopic hematuria , renal function , heparin , macroscopic hematuria , urology , gastroenterology , pathology , endocrinology , kidney , proteinuria , diabetes mellitus
We describe here in brief a 9-year-old girl with IgA nephropathy in whom macroscopic hematuria lasting for 4 weeks dramatically disappeared and the reduced renal function also rapidly improved by a combination of heparin and urokinase
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