...Kline Bolton; Benjamin C. Sturgill In the last 10 years we have evaluated 63 patients with acute crescentic rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (AC-RPGN), 46 of whom received pulse methylprednisolone (PM). The groups consisted of patients with no immune deposits, immune complexes, vasculitis...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Methylprednisolone Corticosteroids Corticotherapy Glomerulonephritis Immunosuppressive therapy Am J Nephrol 1989;9(suppl 1):41 46 Méthylprednisolone Pulse Therapy...

...Takanobu Sakemi; Masaya Yamaguchi; Satoru Fujimi; Yoshiro Nagano; Masako Uchida The effect of the methylprednisolone (MP) pulse therapy on renal function was examined in 15 patients with renal or collagen disease. Three nephrotic patients who had reduced renal function and active renal disease...

...Takanobu Sakemi; Shouich Fujimoto; Satoru Fujimi; Yoshitaka Yamamoto; Tanenao Etoh; Masaya Yamaguchi In this study, we attempted to analyze the differences between renal failure associated with methylprednisolone (MP) pulse therapy and natural deterioration of renal function that was unrelated...

... disease, both patients also had progressive elevations of the serum creatinine, which were attributed to graft rejection. Antirejection therapy was administered, with OKT3 in one case and pulse methylprednisolone in the other. Renal function improved in both patients, and CMV disease abated. These cases...

... in comparison with prednisolone, warfarin, and dipyridamole therapy without mizoribine (PWD) and with methylprednisolone pulse therapy (PWD pulse). Methods: We collected data on 61 patients diagnosed with diffuse IgA nephropathy, and these patients were retrospectively divided into three groups without...

... plus oral cyclophosphamide. All patients had nephrotic-range proteinuria, and all had significant histopathologic changes on biopsy, including crescentic nephritis in 10 patients. Treatment consisted of either intravenous pulse methylprednisolone or oral prednisone followed by oral cyclophosphamide (2...