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Low-dose pulse methylprednisolone followed by short-term combination therapy and tonsillectomy for childhood IgA nephropathy

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  1. Division of Nephrology, Saitama Children’s Medical Center, 2100 Magome, Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama-city, Saitama, 339 8551, Japan

    Shuichiro Fujinaga, Daishi Hirano & Naoto Nishizaki

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo Nerima Hospital, 3-1-10 Takanodai, Nerima-ku, Tokyo, 117-8521, Japan

    Yoshiyuki Ohtomo

  3. Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan

    Tomonosuke Someya, Yoshikazu Ohtsuka & Toshiaki Shimizu

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University, 10-15 Fumizono-cho, Moriguchi-city, Osaka, 570-8506, Japan

    Kazunari Kaneko

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Fujinaga, S., Ohtomo, Y., Hirano, D. et al. Low-dose pulse methylprednisolone followed by short-term combination therapy and tonsillectomy for childhood IgA nephropathy. Pediatr Nephrol 25, 563–564 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-009-1239-1

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