Azathioprine versus mycophenolate mofetil for long-term immunosuppression in lupus nephritis: results from the MAINTAIN Nephritis Trial

BACKGROUND: Long-term immunosuppressive treatment does not efficiently prevent relapses of lupus nephritis (LN). This investigator-initiated randomised trial tested whether mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) was superior to azathioprine (AZA) as maintenance treatment. METHODS: A total of 105 patients with...

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Autores principales: Houssiau, Frédéric A, D'Cruz, David, Sangle, Shirish, Remy, Philippe, Vasconcelos, Carlos, Petrovic, Radmila, Fiehn, Christoph, de Ramon Garrido, Enrique, Gilboe, Inge-Magrethe, Tektonidou, Maria, Blockmans, Daniel, Ravelingien, Isabelle, le Guern, Véronique, Depresseux, Geneviève, Guillevin, Loïc, Cervera, Ricard
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Group 2010
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Clinical and Epidemiological Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3002764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20833738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.2010.131995

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3002764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20833738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard.2010.131995

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