Sickle cell nephropathy with diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis: a case report

• Main Authors: Trivedi Hargovind L (Author), Gupta Sonia B (Author), Goplani Kamal R (Author), Vanikar Aruna V (Author), Kanodia Kamal V (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p/> <p>Background</p> <p>Sickle cell nephropathy (SCN) is an important cause of mortality in patients with sickle cell disease. SCA with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is known in children and less common in adults, however diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis (DPLN) wi...