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Clinical evaluation and monitoring of lupus kidney disease
H A Austin
National Institutes of Health, Kidney Disease Section, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Lupus renal involvement encompasses a broad range of clinical and histologic presentations and poses numerous therapeutic challenges. Accurate clinical assessment and monitoring requires a comprehensive approach, with attention to the urinalysis, the urinary protein excretion rate, the test of kidney function, and alterations in serologic parameters.
Key Words: glomerular filtration rate kidney function tests lupus nephritis proteinuria
Lupus, Vol. 7, No. 9,
618-621 (1998)
DOI: 10.1191/096120398678920749

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