Life prognosis and renal relapse after induction therapy in Japanese patients with proliferative and pure membranous lupus nephritis.
Momoko OkamotoMineaki KitamuraShuntaro SatoKeita FujikawaYoshiro HoraiNaoki MatsuokaMasahiko TsuboiFumiaki NonakaToshimasa ShimizuTomohiro KogaShin-Ya KawashiriNaoki IwamotoMami TamaiHideki NakamuraTomoki OriguchiTomoya NishinoAtsushi KawakamiKunihiro IchinosePublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2021)
The predictive factors for a CR at 12 months post-induction therapy were index of chronicity in PLN and CH50 level in MLN. There were no significant differences in life prognosis or renal relapse between PLN and MLN in the achievement of a CR at 12 months post-induction therapy.