ISOLATED MICROHEMATURIA AS MANIFESTATION OF LUPUS NEPHRITIS

Authors
SHVETSOV MY KOZLOVSKAYA NL
Citation
My. Shvetsov et Nl. Kozlovskaya, ISOLATED MICROHEMATURIA AS MANIFESTATION OF LUPUS NEPHRITIS, Terapevticeskij arhiv, 68(1), 1996, pp. 57-58
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Terapevticeskij arhiv → ACNP
ISSN journal
00403660
Volume
68
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
57 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-3660(1996)68:1<57:IMAMOL>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
The paper is concerned with lupus nephritis with marked microhematuria . The presence of severe morphological alterations in tile kidneys, he maturia gravity correlation with that of SLE, positive effects of acti ve immunosuppressive treatment allow one to consider hematuria as a se parate clinical criterion of lupus nephritis activity. A case is repor ted of a female who had unusual clinical picture of the disease possib ly due to high IgA in the blood and the presence of renal vasculitis.