Lupus nephropathy

• Pinto Peñaranda, Luis Fernando ^[1]
  1. [1] Medicina Interna – Reumatología, Especialidades Médicas – Unidad de Investigaciones, Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe, Medellín – Colombia
• Localización: Revista Colombiana de Nefrología, ISSN-e 2500-5006, ISSN 2389-7708, Vol. 1, Nº. 2, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: July - December 2014), págs. 104-117
• Idioma: español
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  • Lupus nephropathy
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  • Lupus nephritis (LN) occurs between 30% and 70% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), depending on race and sex. LN appears early in the disease with prevalence of severe forms such as classes III, IV and mixed (V + III IV or V +). 50% of adults and 70% of children with lupus born in Colombia, suffer LN sometime in their lifetime; in this population 25% of children and 38% of adults have nephrotic syndrome. The remission rate at six months is low, the proteinuria in nephrotic range, and the incraease of baseline creatinine predict failure to achieve remission at 6 months.