Comparison and evaluation of lupus nephritis response criteria in lupus activity indices and clinical trials

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Corapi, Kristin M ^a   Dooley, Mary Anne ^b   Pendergraft, William F ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928552164     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-015-0621-6     Document Type: Review

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