1991
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 patients
1989
The clinical and renal biopsy predictors of long-term outcome in lupus nephritis: a study of 87 patients and review of the literature.
Esdaile J, Levinton C, Federgreen W, Hayslett J, Kashgarian M. The clinical and renal biopsy predictors of long-term outcome in lupus nephritis: a study of 87 patients and review of the literature. QJM 1989, 72: 779-833. PMID: 2694209.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPresence of vasculitisLong-term outcomesLupus nephritisRenal diseaseClinical modelRenal insufficiencyRenal failurePrognostic markerRelevant long-term outcomesRenal systemic lupus erythematosusImmunologic disease activityNon-renal SLESystemic lupus erythematosusImportant prognostic markerChronicity indexRenal outcomesRenal severityDisease activityNew predictive informationSerum creatinineConsecutive patientsLupus erythematosusPrognostic factorsRenal biopsyComorbid conditions