Open AccessImpact of kidney biopsy on the management of patients in the rheumatology department: retrospective study
Author(s) -
Valeria A. Kokhanchuk,
Alexey V. Skvortsov,
E. Shchegoleva,
Е. Ю. Кузнецова,
Pavel Novikov,
E.S. Stolyarevich,
V A Varshavsky,
Sergey Moiseev,
N. Bulanov
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
terapevtičeskij arhiv
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-5342
pISSN - 0040-3660
DOI - 10.26442/00403660.2022.06.201565
Subject(s) - medicine , rheumatology , biopsy , retrospective cohort study , lupus nephritis , kidney , kidney disease , nephrology , disease
Kidney involvement is a common manifestation of the systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Kidney biopsy is the gold standard for the diagnosis of kidney diseases, however this method has not yet become the standard-of-care in rheumatology practice.