Male gender results in more severe lupus nephritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1311-1315

  De Carvalho, Jozélio Freire ^a   Do Nascimento, Ana Patrícia ^a   Testagrossa, Leonardo A ^a   Barros, Rui Toledo ^a   Bonfá, Eloísa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Gender; Kidney involvement; Lupus nephritis; Prognosis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CREATININE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; SERUM ALBUMIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LABORATORY TEST; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; BIOPSY; BLOOD; HEALTH STATUS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BIOPSY; CREATININE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77955556516     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1151-9     Document Type: Article

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