Pregnancy, chimerism and lupus nephritis: A multi-centre study

Lupus

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 541-547

  Kremer Hovinga, I C L ^a   Koopmans, M ^a   Grootscholten, C ^b   Van Der Wal, A M ^a   Bijl, M ^c   Derksen, R H W M ^d   Voskuyl, A E ^e   De Heer, E ^a   Bruijn, J A ^a   Berden, J H M ^b   Bajema, I M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Kidney; Lupus nephritis; Microchimerism; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DNA ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MATERNAL BLOOD; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; Y CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; CHIMERISM; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY;

EID: 46849110166     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203308089324     Document Type: Article

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