1. Current induction and maintenance treatment choices for proliferative lupus nephritis.
Current induction and maintenance treatment choices for proliferative lupus nephritis. Patients are considered to have severe lupus nephritis if they have functional kidney injury with an elevated serum creatinine and/or heavy proteinuria, evidence that the loss of renal function occurred over a relatively short period of time and active histologic injury with glomerular crescents and necroses affecting several glomeruli. AZA, azathioprine; CSA, cyclosporine A; MMF, mycophenolate mofetil; TAC, tacrolimus.
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