Changes in pathological pattern and treatment regimens based on repeat renal biopsy in lupus nephritis

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 125; no. 16; pp. 2890 - 2894
• Main Authors: Wang, Guo-Bao, Xu, Zheng-Jin, Liu, Hong-Fa, Zhou, Qiu-Gen, Zhou, Zhan-Mei, Jia, Nan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Division of Nephrology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Key Lab for Organ Failure Research, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510515, China%Division of Nephrology, Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fujian College of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Xiamen, Fujian 361009, China 01.08.2012
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Biopsy; Female; Humans; Kidney - pathology; Lupus Nephritis - diagnosis; Lupus Nephritis - pathology; Male; 基础; 治疗方案; 活检; 病理; 穿刺; 类型; 系统性红斑狼疮; 肾炎; treatment; lupus nephritis; repeat renal biopsy; pathological conversion

Background Relapses occur frequently in patients with lupus nephritis. Renal biopsy is the gold standard for assessing renal activity and hence guiding the treatment. Whether repeat renal biopsy is helpful during flares of lupus nephritis remains inconclusive. In the present study, we retrospectivel...