In a small study, proteinuria improved even in patients with nephrotic syndrome and lupus nephritis. Belimumab appears similarly effective and well tolerated in patients with lupus nephritis (LN) with ...

Nephrotic Syndrome is a group of symptoms that, together, indicate that your kidneys are not working as well as they should. Lupus Nephritis (LN) is the term used when lupus causes inflammation in ...

A case of lupus nephritis in a patient with chronic HCV A 72-year-old Japanese woman with a 40-year history of lupus nephritis presented with leg edema that had lasted for several weeks. A 72-year-old ...

Significant proteinuria is the hallmark of glomerular disease. With the presentation of proteinuria that is > 3.5 g/day, hypoalbuminemia, edema, and hypercholesterolemia, one must investigate for ...

Since advent of renal biopsy, the definition of a type of persistent nephritis characterized by focal and segmental lesions has been possible. Heptinstall has recognized this lesion in adults in the ...

LABORATORY methods for the detection of early renal involvement in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus are not satisfactory. Pathologic changes of early lupus nephritis have been found in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Pediatric patients with IgA vasculitis nephritis and nephrotic-range proteinuria achieved remission after 12 ...

In this video, Craig Gordon, MD, nephrologist at Tufts Medical Center and associate professor of medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, discusses baseline characteristics in a case of lupus ...

CHICAGO—Adding abatacept to mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and steroids does not significantly improve the time to complete renal response in patients with lupus nephritis (LN), according to the findings ...

THE nephrotic syndrome has been reported to occur in the course of therapy with a number of drugs including trimethadione, 1, 2 paramethadione, 3 mercurial diuretics, 4 tolbutamide 5 and perchlorate, ...