Volume 94, Issue 4, Pages 788-794 (October 2018) A prospective observational cohort study highlights kidney biopsy findings of lupus nephritis patients in remission who flare following withdrawal of maintenance therapy Marcelo De Rosa, Francisco Azzato, Jorge E. Toblli, Graciela De Rosa, Federico Fuentes, Haikady N. Nagaraja, Ryan Nash, Brad H. Rovin Kidney International Volume 94, Issue 4, Pages 788-794 (October 2018) DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2018.05.021 Copyright © 2018 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions
Kidney International 2018 94, 788-794DOI: (10.1016/j.kint.2018.05.021) Copyright © 2018 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Lupus Flares and Histological Renal Activity at the End of the Treatment (LuFla) study design and patient flow. eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; LN, lupus nephritis; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus. Kidney International 2018 94, 788-794DOI: (10.1016/j.kint.2018.05.021) Copyright © 2018 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Activity indices of patients who experienced lupus nephritis (LN) flare and patients who did not after withdrawing maintenance immunosuppression. Each dot represents an individual patient. Kidney International 2018 94, 788-794DOI: (10.1016/j.kint.2018.05.021) Copyright © 2018 International Society of Nephrology Terms and Conditions