Science news articles about 'lupus nephritis'

... meaning widespread inflammation and decreasing function of the kidneys. "This is a severe form of lupus nephritis that is traditionally treated with a single immunosuppressant drug, but the efficacy ...

... , non-Caucasian, non-Asian patients responding better to mycophenolate mofetil than to cyclophosphamide. Also, some lupus nephritis patients may prefer mycophenolate mofetil therapy since it does not ...

... activity controlled in women with severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) when treated with a 6-month ... of 61 postmenopausal women with SLE treated for lupus nephritis (n=58), autoimmune hemolytic ...

... suggest that rituximab, which has low toxicity, could be an effective option for patients with lupus nephritis that is resistant to conventional therapy, particularly for those patients whose B cells ...

... with a history of lupus who received kidney transplants between 1987 and 2006. The researchers found that lupus nephritis rarely developed in the transplanted kidneys of these lupus patients; it ...

... lupus who receive a kidney transplant rarely develop the serious inflammatory condition lupus nephritis in their new organ, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology' ...