Open AccessA long-term follow-up study of lupus nephritis in a single tertiary care centre
Author(s) -
AjayI Rathoon,
G Venu,
Vasanth Ganesan,
S Arivazhagan,
Chelikani Yaswanth
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/ijn.ijn_501_21
Subject(s) - medicine , lupus nephritis , azathioprine , gastroenterology , cyclophosphamide , population , systemic lupus erythematosus , immunosuppression , creatinine , surgery , chemotherapy , disease , environmental health
Lupus nephritis (LN) is an immune complex glomerulonephritis, which is a very serious complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as it can progress to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD).