Development of an instrument to predict proliferative histological class in lupus nephritis based on clinical and laboratory data.
Antonio Silaide de Araujo JuniorEmília I SatoAlexandre W Silva de SouzaFábio JenningsGianna Mastroianni KirsztajnRicardo SessoEdgard T Dos Reis-NetoPublished in: Lupus (2022)
Rheumatologists and nephrologists with experience in treating LN generated evaluations that correlated weakly with kidney biopsy. When kidney biopsy is unavailable or is contraindicated for medical reasons, instruments based on clinical and laboratory predictors may be helpful.