Filipa Farinha, Sofia Barreira, Maura Couto, Margarida Cunha, Diogo Fonseca, Raquel Freitas, Luís Inês, Mariana Luís, Carla Macieira, Ana R Prata, Joana Rodrigues, Bernardo Santos, Rita Torres, Ruth J Pepper, Anisur Rahman, Maria J Santos
OBJECTIVES: To compare proliferative (PLN) and membranous (MLN) lupus nephritis (LN) regarding clinical and laboratory presentation and long-term outcomes; To investigate predictors of progression to chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS: Multicentre observational study, with retrospective analysis of a prospective cohort, using data from the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Registry-Reuma.pt. Patients with biopsy-proven PLN, MLN and mixed LN were included. Cox regression survival analysis was used to investigate predictors of CKD...
April 22, 2024: Rheumatology