Systemic lupus erythematosus without clinical renal abnormalities

SIR, We read with interest the study of O'Dell et all showing a high incidence of mesangial changes in renal biopsies from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) without clinical renal abnormalities. They found no cases of focal or diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis. These resul...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Font Franco, Josep, 1953-2006, Cervera i Segura, Ricard, 1960-, Ingelmo Morín, Miguel, Torras Rabasa, Alberto, Darnell Tey, Alejandro, Revert i Torrellas, Lluís
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1986
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/22434
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/22434
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Lupus eritematós
Malalties del ronyó
Lupus erythematosus
Kidney diseases
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Sumario:SIR, We read with interest the study of O'Dell et all showing a high incidence of mesangial changes in renal biopsies from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) without clinical renal abnormalities. They found no cases of focal or diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis. These results are different from those previously reported by other authors2 3 and question the relevance of renal biopsy in these patients...