Objective To investigate the rate and factors influencing renal relapse (RR) in proliferative lupus nephritis (LN) patients who discontinued immunosuppressive therapy (IST), as well as the long-term ...

uclouvain.be Objective: To update the follow-up of the Euro-Lupus Nephritis Trial (ELNT), a randomised prospective trial comparing low-dose (LD) and high-dose (HD) intravenous (IV) cyclophosphamide ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — Researchers identified a key protein as a potential therapeutic target for stopping the body's immune system from mistakenly attacking itself, offering new hope for treating ...

The differential weighting of criteria better represents their relative contribution to an individual’s classification of SLE. For SLE, renal biopsy with Class III or IV lupus nephritis carries the ...

A study analyzing 139 Japanese patients with biopsy-proven tubulointerstitial nephritis found that a significant portion of cases were drug-induced, with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and ...

Routine self-exams and mammograms are important to keep your breasts healthy. If an abnormality is found, your doctor might order a biopsy to see a more detailed view of the breast tissue. An ...

Clinical Physiology provides diagnostic methods to detect and evaluate dysfunction of various organs and systems in the body such as the heart, peripheral vessels, lungs, kidneys, gastrointestinal ...