Is renal biopsy always necessary to start immunosuppressive therapy in lupus nephritis?

Is renal biopsy always necessary to start immunosuppressive therapy in lupus nephritis?

Objective: Most of the patients with proliferative lupus nephritis (LN) have high titer of anti-dsDNA antibody and low complement levels. In this study, we tried to predict proliferative LN with serological profile. Methods: This prospective study was conducted in fifty pateints with known systemic...

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Main Authors: Vasudevan Chelliah, V Balaraman, S Ilango, S Ramesh, V Kannan Bhaba, D Shivakumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Rheumatology
Subjects:
Anti-dsDNA
complement
lupus nephritis
renal biopsy
Online Access:http://www.indianjrheumatol.com/article.asp?issn=0973-3698;year=2017;volume=12;issue=1;spage=12;epage=16;aulast=Chelliah

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