title: End-stage renal disease in sarcoidosis of the kidney
abstract: We describe two cases of black women with biopsy-proven sarcoidosis of the kidney who developed end-stage renal disease. Treatment with high-dose glucocorticoids resulted in a good initial response, followed by progressive deterioration of renal function requiring hemodialysis.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tsiouris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Daskal
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Brent
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samuels