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Rate ratio of comorbidity high in SLE patients under 40

Posted on: 20/05/2015 - 14:00

MANCHESTER, U.K. – When systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) occurs before age 40, patients run a high relative risk of end-stage renal disease, data from a retrospective U.K.-based cohort study have...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

ILC: Direct antivirals safely clear HCV despite ESRD

Posted on: 14/05/2015 - 17:40

VIENNA – A 12-week, fixed-dose regimen safely and effectively eradicated chronic hepatitis C infection from the first 10 patients with advanced chro... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

T cells remain best urinary biomarker for lupus nephritis

Posted on: 21/04/2015 - 16:25

T cells are still the most accurate urinary biomarker for lupus nephritis, reported Katharina Kopetschke and her coauthors. In a study of 123 lupus p... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Blacks, Hispanics less likely than whites to receive pre-ESRD care

Posted on: 27/02/2015 - 16:27

Black and Hispanic patients with end-stage renal disease caused by lupus nephritis were 27% less likely to receive pre-ESRD care than were their white... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Pregnancy outcomes similar in kidney transplant patients, despite age

Posted on: 02/02/2015 - 16:00

Pregnancy outcomes were similar for women who underwent kidney transplants in childhood and those who received transplants as adults, according to fin... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Consider biopsy for active lupus nephritis in pregnancy

Posted on: 05/12/2014 - 19:28

PHILADELPHIA – Renal biopsies are a useful tool for optimizing outcomes in pregnant patients with active lupus nephritis, according to Dr. Derek M. Fine. Although caution is advisable, a general...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Consider biopsy for active lupus nephritis in pregnancy

Posted on: 05/12/2014 - 19:28

PHILADELPHIA – Renal biopsies are a useful tool for optimizing outcomes in pregnant patients with active lupus nephritis, according to Dr. Derek M. Fine. Although caution is advisable, a general...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Kidney donors at greater risk of preeclampsia, gestational hypertension

Posted on: 14/11/2014 - 21:30

Women who donate a kidney are almost two and a half times more likely than are nondonors to have preeclampsia or gestational hypertension in pregnancy, according to a study presented at Kidney Week...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Multitarget induction therapy superior over short term for lupus nephritis

Posted on: 10/11/2014 - 22:00

A multitarget therapy of mycophenolate mofetil and tacrolimus for lupus nephritis induction therapy led to almost twice as many complete remissions as did intravenous cyclophosphamide in an...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Later transplant for renal failure in lupus nephritis may raise graft failure risk

Posted on: 25/09/2014 - 19:47

Delaying kidney transplantation to allow for quiescence of systemic lupus erythematosus–related immune activity in patients with lupus nephritis and end-stage renal disease does not appear to improve...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Rate ratio of comorbidity high in SLE patients under 40

ILC: Direct antivirals safely clear HCV despite ESRD

T cells remain best urinary biomarker for lupus nephritis

Blacks, Hispanics less likely than whites to receive pre-ESRD care

Pregnancy outcomes similar in kidney transplant patients, despite age

Consider biopsy for active lupus nephritis in pregnancy

Consider biopsy for active lupus nephritis in pregnancy

Kidney donors at greater risk of preeclampsia, gestational hypertension

Multitarget induction therapy superior over short term for lupus nephritis

Later transplant for renal failure in lupus nephritis may raise graft failure risk

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