"In my beginning is my end": usefulness of repeat kidney biopsies in lupus nephritis

Author(s):
Jayne, D.; Bajema, I.M.
Published
2020
Publication type
Other

Abstract

Malvar et al. report the results of a study on protocolized repeat renal biopsies in 76 patients with class III or IV (+/- class V) lupus nephritis. They show that managing maintenance therapy in patients with lupus nephritis through protocolized repeat kidney biopsies results in a lower flare rate. Provided that these results can be replicated in other studies, there is an argument for protocolized repeat kidney biopsies to become the standard of care. Copyright (C) 2019, International Society of Nephrology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Date issued
2020-01-01
Language
English
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
hdl
1887/3184411
doi
10.1016/j.kint.2019.10.002
URL
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085253819310191?via%3Dihub