Open AccessInterobserver agreement of scoring of histopathological characteristics and classification of lupus nephritis
Author(s) -
Cecile Grootscholten,
Ingeborg M. Bajema,
Sandrine Florquin,
E. J. Steenbergen,
Carine J. PeutzKootstra,
Roel Goldschmeding,
Marc Bijl,
E. Christiaan Hagen,
Hans C. van Houwelingen,
R. H. W. M. Derksen,
J. H. M. Berden
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfm555
Subject(s) - medicine , intraclass correlation , lupus nephritis , biopsy , nuclear medicine , radiology , pathology , disease , clinical psychology , psychometrics
Assessing renal biopsies from patients with lupus nephritis (LN) is a difficult task and it is subject to interobserver variability. In this study the interobserver agreement amongst five nephropathologists was analysed.
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