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- Title
Proteinuria in membranous lupus nephritis: the pathology is in the podocyte.
- Authors
Desai, N; Cimbaluk, D; Lewis, EJ; Whittier, WL
- Abstract
The article presents a study that identify the correlation between the changes in the morphologic components of the glomerular capillary wall and the amount of proteinuria in membranous lupus glomerulonephritis (MLN). The study was undertaken through a clinicopathologic study of patients with lupus nephritis. The results of the study reveal that MLN patients with nephritic range proteinuria have diffuse visceral epithelial cell.
- Subjects
SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus; CAPILLARY physiology; PROTEINURIA; KIDNEY disease diagnosis; EPITHELIAL cells; DISEASES; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Lupus, 2013, Vol 22, Issue 5, p461
- ISSN
0961-2033
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0961203313477225