Treatment of proliferative lupus nephritis with methylprednisolone pulse therapy and oral azathioprine
โ Scribed by J.W. de Glas-Vos; R.T. Krediet; J.J. Weening; L. Arisz
- Book ID
- 116120928
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 869 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-2977
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An ideal immunosuppressive treatment for severe lupus nephritis should be devoid of adverse effects but potent enough to abate the inflammatory process rapidly. Corticosteroid combined with cyclophosphamide (CYC) has been the conventional treatment, although the side effects of CYC are well recogniz
## Abstract ## Objective To analyze the effect of treatment with either pulse cyclophosphamide (CYC) or azathioprine (AZA) combined with methylprednisolone (MP), on serial biopsy results in patients with proliferative lupus nephritis, and to evaluate the predictive value of various histopathologic