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. 2020 Jan;97(1):27-29.
doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2019.10.002.

"In my beginning is my end": usefulness of repeat kidney biopsies in lupus nephritis

David Jayne  1 , Ingeborg M Bajema  2
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"In my beginning is my end": usefulness of repeat kidney biopsies in lupus nephritis

David Jayne et al. Kidney Int. 2020 Jan.
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Abstract

Malvar et al. report the results of a study on protocolized repeat renal biopsies in 76 patients with class III or IV (± class V) lupus nephritis. They show that managing maintenance therapy in patients with lupus nephritis through protocolized repeat kidney biopsies results in a lower flare rate. Provided that these results can be replicated in other studies, there is an argument for protocolized repeat kidney biopsies to become the standard of care.

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