Joint European League Against Rheumatism and European Renal Association–European Dialysis and Transplant Association (EULAR/ERA-EDTA) recommendations for the management of adult and paediatric lupus nephritis

Objectives To develop recommendations for the management of adult and paediatric lupus nephritis (LN). Methods The available evidence was systematically reviewed using the PubMed database. A modified Delphi method was used to compile questions, elicit expert opinions and reach consensus. Results Imm...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of the rheumatic diseases 2012-11, Vol.71 (11), p.1771-1782
Hauptverfasser: Bertsias, George K, Tektonidou, Maria, Amoura, Zahir, Aringer, Martin, Bajema, Ingeborg, Berden, Jo H M, Boletis, John, Cervera, Ricard, Dörner, Thomas, Doria, Andrea, Ferrario, Franco, Floege, Jürgen, Houssiau, Frederic A, Ioannidis, John P A, Isenberg, David A, Kallenberg, Cees G M, Lightstone, Liz, Marks, Stephen D, Martini, Alberto, Moroni, Gabriela, Neumann, Irmgard, Praga, Manuel, Schneider, Matthias, Starra, Argyre, Tesar, Vladimir, Vasconcelos, Carlos, van Vollenhoven, Ronald F, Zakharova, Helena, Haubitz, Marion, Gordon, Caroline, Jayne, David, Boumpas, Dimitrios T
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Zusammenfassung:Objectives To develop recommendations for the management of adult and paediatric lupus nephritis (LN). Methods The available evidence was systematically reviewed using the PubMed database. A modified Delphi method was used to compile questions, elicit expert opinions and reach consensus. Results Immunosuppressive treatment should be guided by renal biopsy, and aiming for complete renal response (proteinuria
ISSN:0003-4967
1468-2060
DOI:10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201940