American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 628-637, April 2009

Treatment of Idiopathic Retroperitoneal Fibrosis With Colchicine and Steroids: A Case Series

  • Jorge Vega, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Medicina Interna, Sección Nefrología, Hospital Naval Almirante Nef, Viña del Mar, Chile
    • Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Jorge Vega, MD, 5 Norte 1035, Viña del Mar, Chile
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  • Helmuth Goecke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Medicina Interna, Sección Nefrología, Hospital Naval Almirante Nef, Viña del Mar, Chile
    • Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile
  • ,
  • Héctor Tapia, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Medicina Interna, Sección Nefrología, Hospital Naval Almirante Nef, Viña del Mar, Chile
  • ,
  • Eduardo Labarca, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Cirugía, Sección de Cirugía Vascular, Hospital Naval Almirante Nef, Viña del Mar, Chile
  • ,
  • Mario Santamarina, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Radiología, Hospital Naval Almirante Nef, Viña del Mar, Chile
  • ,
  • Gonzalo Martínez, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Medicina Interna, Sección Nefrología, Hospital Naval Almirante Nef, Viña del Mar, Chile
    • Departamento de Medicina, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile

Received 15 July 2008; accepted 18 September 2008. published online 05 January 2009.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.09.025 on January 5, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(08)01612-0

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.09.025

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 628-637, April 2009