Nephritis

Repeat kidney biopsies may help patients with lupus nephritis manage disease flares, particularly those who transition between proliferative and non-proliferative disease classes, data from a racially diverse study cohort show.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Megalocytic interstitial nephritis may trigger issues with coexisting renal transplant rejection, and providers should focus on immunosuppressive regimen and infection control, according to presented data.

Is it an allergy or an autoimmune vasculitis, or a little of both? Find out the story of urticarial vasculitis, how this disease was recognized and eventually sorted out from other types of urticaria.

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes has released a revised clinical practice guideline for the treatment of lupus nephritis.

The Lupus Research Alliance granted its 2023 Global Team Science Award to a multidisciplinary team to study pediatric lupus nephritis, according to a press release.

Pediatric patients with IgA vasculitis nephritis and nephrotic-range proteinuria achieved remission after 12 months of mycophenolate mofetil-based immunosuppression treatment, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Belimumab treatment and standard therapy caused greater kidney outcomes among East Asian patients with lupus nephritis compared with standard therapy alone.

The American Kidney Fund announced a new campaign called Looped in on Lupus Nephritis that is designed to improve diagnosis, awareness and equitable treatment of the disease among patients.

Due to its life-threatening nature, diffuse alveolar hemorrhage in Henoch-Schönlein purpura should be diagnosed and managed immediately, according to published findings.