| Literature DB >> 21960168 |
Jeroen K J Deegens, Jack F M Wetzels.
Abstract
Patients with steroid-resistant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) may benefit from treatment with calcineurin inhibitors. A National Institutes of Health-funded FSGS multicenter study has suggested that a combination of mycophenolate mofetil and oral dexamethasone pulses was equivalent to cyclosporine. However, since the study was underpowered, one cannot draw firm conclusions from this study. The FSGS trial underscores that FSGS is not one disease and that better predictors of outcome and response to therapy are needed.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21960168 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2011.191
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Kidney Int ISSN: 0085-2538 Impact factor: 10.612