Lupus Nephritis in the Era of Biomarkers

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland dfine1@jhmi.edu.

Editorial

Jose Manuel Monroy Trujillo et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016.

. 2016 Jan 7;11(1):4-5.

doi: 10.2215/CJN.12371115. Epub 2015 Dec 23.

¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland dfine1@jhmi.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: biomarkers; lupus nephritis; systemic lupus erythematosus.

Comment on

Relationship of Circulating Anti-C3b and Anti-C1q IgG to Lupus Nephritis and Its Flare.
Birmingham DJ, Bitter JE, Ndukwe EG, Dials S, Gullo TR, Conroy S, Nagaraja HN, Rovin BH, Hebert LA. Birmingham DJ, et al. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 Jan 7;11(1):47-53. doi: 10.2215/CJN.03990415. Epub 2015 Dec 23. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016. PMID: 26700439 Free PMC article.

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