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Cyclophosphamide followed by mizoribine as maintenance therapy against refractory steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome

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  1. Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology, National Center for Child Health and Development, 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157–8535, Japan

    Shuichi Ito & Koichi Kamei

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Japan

    Hirokazu Ikeda

  3. Children’s Medical Center, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan

    Tomonori Harada

  4. Department of Nephrology, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan

    Eihiko Takahashi

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Ito, S., Ikeda, H., Harada, T. et al. Cyclophosphamide followed by mizoribine as maintenance therapy against refractory steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome. Pediatr Nephrol 26, 1921–1922 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-011-1948-0

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