Time to renal disease and end-stage renal disease in PROFILE: a multiethnic lupus cohort.

Renal involvement is a serious manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); it may portend a poor prognosis as it may lead to end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The purpose of this study was to determine the factors predicting the development of renal involvement and its progression to ESRD in...

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Main Authors: Graciela S Alarcón, Gerald McGwin, Michelle Petri, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Barri J Fessler, Luis M Vilá, Jeffrey C Edberg, John D Reveille, Robert P Kimberly, PROFILE Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-10-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1626549?pdf=render