When she learned she had lupus, her health issues made sense, but contending with all the ways treatment could change her life was a lot to handle. Still, Goldner, now 47, tells PEOPLE that at the ...

Guideline recommended initial treatment regimens for lupus nephritis. CYC, cyclophosphamide ... SLE activity markers), and histological characteristics of the kidney biopsy (activity and chronicity ...

While there’s no established link between lupus and tonsil stones, the inflammation associated with lupus may contribute to their formation. Tonsil stones, or tonsilloliths, aren’t specific to ...

Objective To explore the efficacy of initial treatment of newly diagnosed childhood-onset lupus nephritis (cLN) with combination of belimumab and either cyclophosphamide, mycophenolate mofetil, ...

ACR 2024 highlighted new guidelines for the screening, treatment, and management of lupus nephritis, stressing prompt kidney biopsy and timely treatment.

Salient differences of Bartonella IE-associated glomerulonephritis include delayed onset to kidney biopsy, frequency of serological ... may favor other diagnoses such as ANCA-vasculitis or lupus ...

The patient was diagnosed with acute immune-complex-mediated tubulointerstitial nephritis. A repeat renal biopsy was performed 9 months later to evaluate disease activity. Of a total of 17 ...

But this is invasive, and many patients do not want to do another kidney biopsy. Conversely, the easiest way to assess lupus nephritis activity is through a urinalysis, focusing on urinary protein ...

Antiphospholipid antibodies are a novel risk factor for end stage renal disease in patients with lupus nephritis. The presence of anti-phospholipid antibodies and a high activity index on kidney ...

The first three study patients, each of whom presented with active lupus nephritis (LN) despite having been treated with multiple standard-of-care therapies, received fludarabine-free conditioning ...

The first three study patients, each of whom presented with active lupus nephritis (LN) despite having been treated with multiple standard-of-care therapies, received fludarabine-free conditioning ...