Comparison of renal response to four different induction therapies in Japanese patients with lupus nephritis class III or IV: A single-centre retrospective study.

The recent recommendations for the management of lupus nephritis suggest that racial background should be considered while choosing induction therapy. However, the responses to different induction regimens have been poorly studied in Japanese population. Here, we assessed the renal response to diffe...

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Main Authors: Hironari Hanaoka, Tomofumi Kiyokawa, Harunobu Iida, Kana Ishimori, Yukiko Takakuwa, Takahiro Okazaki, Hidehiro Yamada, Daisuke Ichikawa, Sayuri Shirai, Junki Koike, Shoichi Ozaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5383240?pdf=render