Archive for the ‘Lupus’ Category

January 1, 2008

How did cyclophosphamide become the drug of choice for lupus nephritis?

Bargman JM.   Nephrol Dial Transplant.   2009 Feb;24(2):381-4

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October 1, 2007

Induction therapies for class IV lupus nephritis with non-inflammatory necrotizing vasculopathy: mycophenolate mofetil or intravenous cyclophosphamide.

Wang J, Hu W, Xie H, Zhang H, Chen H, Zeng C, Liu Z, Li L.   Lupus.   2007;16(9):707-12

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September 1, 2007

Mycophenolate Mofetil for Induction Therapy of Lupus Nephritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Walsh M, James M, Jayne D, Tonelli M, Manns BJ, Hemmelgarn BR.   Clin J Am Soc Nephrol.   2007 Sep;2(5):968-75

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August 1, 2007

Outcomes in Patients with Active Lupus Nephritis Requiring Immunosuppressives Who Never Received Cyclophosphamide.

Urowitz MB, Ibañez D, Ali Y, Gladman DD.   J Rheumatol.   2007 Jul;34(7):1491-6

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August 1, 2007

Mycophenolate mofetil in induction and maintenance therapy of severe lupus nephritis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Zhu B, Chen N, Lin Y, Ren H, Zhang W, Wang W, Pan X, Yu H.   Nephrol Dial Transplant.   2007 Jul;22(7):1933-42

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June 1, 2007

Why are rheumatologists treating lupus nephritis?

Bargman JM.   Nat Clin Pract Nephrol.   2007 Jun;3(6):296-7

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May 1, 2007

Histopathologic and clinical outcome of rituximab treatment in patients with cyclophosphamide-resistant proliferative lupus nephritis.

Gunnarsson I, Sundelin B, Jónsdóttir T, Jacobson SH, Henriksson EW, van Vollenhoven RF.   Arthritis Rheum.   2007 Apr;56(4):1263-72

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November 1, 2006

Update on the Treatment of Lupus Nephritis

Waldman M, Appel GB.   Kidney Int.   2006 Oct;70(8):1403-12

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October 1, 2006

Azathioprine/methylprednisolone versus cyclophosphamide in proliferative lupus nephritis. A randomized controlled trial.

Grootscholten C, Ligtenberg G, Hagen EC, van den Wall Bake AW, de Glas-Vos JW, Bijl M, Assmann KJ, Bruijn JA, Weening JJ, van Houwelingen HC, Derksen RH, Berden JH, Dutch Working Party on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.   Kidney Int.   2006 Aug;70(4):732-42

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