Moreover, in patients with biopsy-proven lupus nephritis, urinary NGAL was a significant predictor of renal flare. “Importantly, the performance of urinary NGAL as a predictor of renal flare in ...

AZA (120 mg/day) Time to treatment failure (renal flare; sustained doubling of SCr; rescue therapy for LN; ESRD; death) MMF: 16% vs AZA: 32% (3 years) [16] AZA: Azathioprine; b.i.d.: Twice daily ...

Use of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor drugs to treat type 2 diabetes may also help to lower the risk of recurrent kidney stones and gout flare-ups, finds a study from Canada ...