The clinical and pathological characteristics of nephropathies in connective tissue diseases in the Japan Renal Biopsy Registry (J-RBR).
Kazunobu IchikawaTsuneo KontaHiroshi SatoYoshihiko UedaHitoshi YokoyamaPublished in: Clinical and experimental nephrology (2017)
Using the J-RBR database, our study revealed that biopsy-confirmed cases of connective tissue diseases such as RA, SjS, scleroderma, and MCTD show various clinical and pathological characteristics, depending on the underlying diseases and the medication used.