ACUTE TUBULOINTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS AND UVEITIS WITH ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY

Authors
SIMON AHR ALVES G RIBEIROALVES MAVF
Citation
Ahr. Simon et al., ACUTE TUBULOINTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS AND UVEITIS WITH ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY, American journal of kidney diseases, 28(1), 1996, pp. 124-127
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
American journal of kidney diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
02726386
Volume
28
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
124 - 127
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-6386(1996)28:1<124:ATNAUW>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We report a case of acute tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TI NU syndrome) in a 47-year-old woman who also was found to have antineu trophil cytoplasmic antibody. The patient developed severe acute renal failure that improved after a high dose (1 mg/kg/d) of corticosteroid therapy, The diagnosis of the disorder is discussed, as well as the f inding of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody. (C) 1996 by the Nationa l Kidney Foundation, Inc.