American College of Rheumatology guidelines for screening, treatment, and management of lupus nephritis

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 797-808

  Hahn, Bevra H ^a   McMahon, Maureen A ^a   Wilkinson, Alan ^e   Wallace, W Dean ^a   Daikh, David I ^b   Fitzgerald, John D ^a   Karpouzas, George A ^a   Merrill, Joan T ^c   Wallace, Daniel J ^a   Yazdany, Jinoos ^b   Ramsey Goldman, Rosalind ^d   Singh, Karandeep ^a   Khalighi, Mazdak ^a   Choi, Soo In ^a   Gogia, Maneesh ^a   Kafaja, Suzanne ^a   Kamgar, Mohammad ^a   Lau, Christine ^a   Martin, William J ^a   Parikh, Sefali ^a   Peng, Justin ^a   Rastogi, Anjay ^a   Chen, Weiling ^a   Grossman, Jennifer M ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Northwestern University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; AZATHIOPRINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PROTEINURIA; RACE DIFFERENCE; RHEUMATOLOGY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METHODOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MASS SCREENING; RHEUMATOLOGY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863226066     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.21664     Document Type: Article

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