This study reports the long-term renal outcomes of kidney biopsies performed at prespecified intervals to determine the safety and accuracy of tapering of maintenance immunosuppression.
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus were at greater risk for fractures compared with controls.
A 19-year-old woman presents with complaints of progressive shortness of breath, chest pain, and lower extremity edema over the past month.
Complete response to induction therapy is associated with significant 82% decreased odds of death at 12 months.
In a nationwide study, renal transplant recipients with lupus nephritis had a 70% lower risk for all-cause mortality than nonrecipients.
Using electrochemiluminescence, researchers found 5 urinary proteins that have “reasonable specificity” for lupus nephritis.
Researchers observed comparable long-term outcomes between patients with late- and early-onset lupus nephritis.
Data support the clinical efficacy of low-dose leflunomide combined with prednisone for the treatment of proliferative lupus nephritis.
Lupus nephritis in combination with impaired renal function is strongly associated with the presence of atherosclerosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Routinely available serologic markers have no correlation with tubulointerstitial damage in patients with lupus nephritis.
