Significance of histological crescent formation in patients with diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 445-452

  Chen, Shasha ^a   Tang, Zheng ^a   Zhang, Yiyan ^a   Liu, Zhengzhao ^a   Zhang, Haitao ^a   Hu, Weixin ^a   Liu, Zhihong ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clinicopathological features; Crescent; Diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TACROLIMUS; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; UREA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CELL INFILTRATION; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; DIFFUSE PROLIFERATIVE LUPUS NEPHRITIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; LEUKOCYTE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; RAPIDLY PROGRESSIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINE SEDIMENT; YOUNG ADULT; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; GENDER; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIUM; KIDNEY TUBULE DAMAGE; LABORATORY TEST; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WIRE LOOP;

ADULT; BIOPSY; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEINURIA; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84893117409     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: 14219670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356184     Document Type: Article

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