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Speciality Spotlight
Systemic
Lupus Erythematosus
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JH Stone, CL Millward, JL Olson et al (Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, Md; Univ of California, San Francisco) :
Frequency of Recurrent Lupus Nephritis among Ninety-Seven Renal Transplant Patients during the Cyclosporine Era.
Arthritis Rheum 41:678-686, 1998.
Renal transplantation has become widely used for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. A follow-up in 96 consecutive patients from 1984 to 1996 covering 106 renal transplants showed that there is a 9% frequency of recurrent lupus nephritis. This rate is higher than suggested in the literature.
