Predictors of one year outcome in lupus nephritis: the importance of renal biopsy.
Esdaile J, Federgreen W, Quintal H, Suissa S, Hayslett J, Kashgarian M. Predictors of one year outcome in lupus nephritis: the importance of renal biopsy. QJM 1991, 81: 907-18. PMID: 1808631.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLupus nephritisRenal biopsyBiopsy variablesHigher activity index scoreDiffuse proliferative lupus nephritisSubepithelial electron-dense depositsDiffuse proliferative nephritisActivity index scoreProliferative lupus nephritisShort-term prognosisTime of biopsyClinical predictive modelClinical prediction modelElectron-dense depositsTubulointerstitial scoresNew predictive informationRenal injurySerum creatinineGroups of subjectsLaboratory predictorsPlatelet countUnivariate analysisClinical signsYear outcomesIndividual patientsPredictors of One Year Outcome in Lupus Nephritis: The Importance of Renal Biopsy
ESDAILE J, FEDERGREEN W, QUINTAL H, SUISSA S, HAYSLETT J, KASHGARIAN M. Predictors of One Year Outcome in Lupus Nephritis: The Importance of Renal Biopsy. QJM 1991, 81: 907-918. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.qjmed.a068639.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLupus nephritisRenal biopsySerum creatinineClinical prediction modelBiopsy variablesPrognosis of lupus nephritisDiffuse proliferative lupus nephritisProliferative lupus nephritisDiffuse proliferative nephritisTime of biopsySubepithelial electron-dense depositsActivity index scoreShort-term prognosisBiopsy informationLaboratory predictorsPlatelet countRenal injuryTubulointerstitial scoresProliferative nephritisUnivariate analysisElectron-dense depositsBiopsyCoexisting illnessesNephritisUrinary protein