Clinical profile of patients with lupus nephritis
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Clinical profile of patients with lupus nephritis.
associated symptoms in patients with nephritis (5). Variability in these findings can be explained by the different ethnic background of the studied sample. We have studied associated symptoms in 71 patients with lupus nephritis and 142 SLE patients without renal involvement. This sample includes all lupus patients with nephritis followed in the last five years in our service, with biopsy prove...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Reumatismo
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2240-2683,0048-7449
DOI: 10.4081/reumatismo.2009.316