Is combination of immunosuppressive drugs the answer to reduce glucocorticoid burden in patients with lupus nephritis?
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Chandwar, Kunal; Pandya, Sapan
- Source
- Clinical Rheumatology. Dec2021, Vol. 40 Issue 12, p5121-5123. 3p.
- Subject
- *LUPUS nephritis
*IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE agents
*GLUCOCORTICOIDS
*PHYSICIANS
*IMMUNOSUPPRESSION
*KIDNEY transplantation
- Language
- ISSN
- 0770-3198
Summary With a string of successful trials in lupus nephritis, the utopian reality of using minimal steroids in patients with lupus nephritis doesn't seem so distant. Recent lupus nephritis trials (Table 1) used much lower doses of glucocorticoids in their patients to achieve good rates of remission. [Extracted from the article]