Urine angiostatin and VCAM-1 surpass conventional metrics in predicting elevated renal pathology activity indices in lupus nephritis.

Samar SolimanFatma A MohamedFaten M IsmailSamantha StanleyRamesh SaxenaChandra Mohan

Published in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2017)

Urinary angiostatin and VCAM-1 are predictive of specific histological changes in concurrent LN renal biopsies. Both urinary biomarkers are good candidates for use as noninvasive measures of renal pathology activity changes in LN.

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