Successful Treatment with Mycophenolate Mofetil and Tacrolimus in Juvenile Severe Lupus Nephritis

• Egile Nagusiak: Tomoo Kise (Egilea), Hiroshi Yoshimura (Egilea), Shigeru Fukuyama (Egilea), Masatsugu Uehara (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Lupus nephritis (LN) of juvenile onset often has severe disease presentation. Despite aggressive induction therapy, up to 20% of patients with LN are resistant to initial therapy and up to 44% suffer a renal relapse. However, there is no consensus on an appropriate therapeutic regimen for refractory...