Open AccessTreatment Options for Refractory Lupus Nephritis
Author(s) -
HansJoachim Anders,
Falk Hiepe
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.03230319
Subject(s) - medicine , lupus nephritis , refractory (planetary science) , dermatology , intensive care medicine , disease , physics , astrobiology
Lupus nephritis, one of several organ manifestations of SLE, affects mostly young women and imposes a risk to develop ESKD and premature cardiovascular disease. Every episode or flare of lupus nephritis implies irreversible nephron loss and therefore, shortens kidney lifespan ([1][1]). Only
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