Overview of lupus nephritis management guidelines and perspective from Asia

Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-20

  Mok, Chi Chiu ^a   Yap, Desmond Y H ^b   Navarra, Sandra V ^c   Liu, Zhi Hong ^d   Zhao, Ming Hui ^e   Lu, Liangjing ^f   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^g   Avihingsanon, Yingyos ^h   Yu, Xue Qing ⁱ   Lapid, Elizabeth A ^c   Lugue Lizardo, Lenrore R ^c   Sumethkul, Vasant ^j   Shen, Nan ^f   Chen, Shun Le ^f   Chan, Tak Mao ^b  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS   (Philippines)

^d JINLING HOSPITAL   (China)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^f SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^g KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

ⁱ THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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Author keywords

Asia; lupus; nephritis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; COMPLEMENT; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIZORIBINE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ASIA; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; CONSENSUS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PRESERVATION; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NEPHROLOGIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMISSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ASIA; LUPUS; NEPHRITIS;

ASIA; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84890488736     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nep.12136     Document Type: Review

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