Abstract | PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To consider the challenges in the management of lupus nephritis with respect to diagnosis and optimal therapy for induction and maintenance of response. RECENT FINDINGS: SUMMARY: Despite the negative outcome of recent trials there is growing evidence that there are increasing opportunities in patients with lupus nephritis to offer treatments tailored to the individual needs of the patient based not only on the class and severity of their nephritis but also on their ethnicity, their desire to have children and their predictors of outcome.
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Authors | Liz Lightstone |
Journal | Current opinion in rheumatology
(Curr Opin Rheumatol)
Vol. 22
Issue 3
Pg. 252-6
(May 2010)
ISSN: 1531-6963 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 20305561
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
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Chemical References |
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
- Antirheumatic Agents
- Immunologic Factors
- Steroids
- Rituximab
- Mycophenolic Acid
- Tacrolimus
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Topics |
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
(therapeutic use)
- Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived
- Antirheumatic Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Biopsy
(standards)
- Drug Therapy, Combination
(methods, trends)
- Humans
- Immunologic Factors
(therapeutic use)
- Kidney
(drug effects, immunology, physiopathology)
- Lupus Nephritis
(drug therapy, pathology, physiopathology)
- Mycophenolic Acid
(analogs & derivatives, therapeutic use)
- Rituximab
- Steroids
(therapeutic use)
- Tacrolimus
(therapeutic use)
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