Efficacy of Belimumab for active lupus nephritis in a young Hispanic woman intolerant to standard treatment: a case report

BACKGROUND: Lupus nephritis (LN) is a frequent severe complication of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), especially in patients of non-Caucasian ethnicity. Induction treatment for LN consists in the combination of steroids plus a second agent (cyclophosphamide or mycophenolate mofetil) or, as a sec...

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Autores principales: Fontana, Francesco, Alfano, Gaetano, Leonelli, Marco, Cerami, Caterina, Ligabue, Giulia, Spinella, Amelia, Citriniti, Giorgia, Manzini, Carlo Umberto, Ferri, Clodoveo, Cappelli, Gianni
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6196012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30342482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-1066-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6196012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30342482
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-018-1066-3

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