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Query: UNIPROT:P01189 (
beta-endorphin
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
There has been a re-emergence of interest in
adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)
in patients with resistant nephrotic syndrome. We describe a patient with severe
nephrosis
and advanced chronic kidney disease with idiopathic membranous nephropathy resistant to conventional immunosuppressive therapies that achieved lasting remission with ACTH therapy. We explore the literature showing the extra renoprotective effects which might explain the response of proteinuric renal diseases to this treatment.
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PMID:A review of the re-emergence of adrenocorticotrophic hormone therapy in glomerular disease, more than a drug of last resort? 2625 11
