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SUBMITTER: Hachiya A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7810677 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hachiya Asaka A Karasawa Munetoshi M Imaizumi Takahiro T Kato Noritoshi N Katsuno Takayuki T Ishimoto Takuji T Kosugi Tomoki T Tsuboi Naotake N Maruyama Shoichi S
Scientific reports 20210115 1
Lupus nephritis (LN) is a life-threatening complication of systemic lupus erythematosus. The 2003 pathological classification of LN was revised in 2016; it quantitatively evaluates the interstitium in addition to the glomeruli. We performed a retrospective multi-centre cohort study and investigated the utility of the 2016 classification-including the activity index (AI), chronicity index (CI), and each pathological component to predict complete remission or renal function decline, defined as 1.5 ...[more]