Article
Aetiopathogenesis and treatment of idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis.
Annales d'urologie - 1 Jan 1998
De Luca S, Terrone C, Manassero A, Rocca Rossetti S
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis (IRF) is a rare urological disease, for which many pathogenic theories have been proposed. The authors report a series of 13 cases of IRF in order to evaluate the clinical, diagnostic, laboratory, therapeutic and prognostic aspects. They also report a rare case...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Anti-Inflammatory Agents
- Chronic Disease
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HLA-B27 Antigen
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- Longitudinal Studies
- Lymphocyte Subsets