[SLE: Extra-renal clinical manifestations and lupus nephritis]. 2005

B Gallelli, and V De Angelis, and D Ventura, and P L Meroni, and G Moroni
Divisione di Nefrologia e Dialisi, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore di Milano, Milano.

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting multiple organ systems, skin and joints the most involved. Lupus Nephritis occurs in Approximately 50% of patients, sometimes it may be the first manifestation of SLE. Clinical features range from asymptomatic urinary abnormalities to full-blown nephrotic syndrome or rapidly progressive renal failure. Because of the heterogeneity of clinical renal manifestations, renal biopsy plays an important role in the management of patients with SLE: it provides information about the class, severity, activity and chronicity of the renal disease that cannot be accurately predicted on the basis of clinical parameters. The complexity of protean renal manifestation of SLE can be approached using the original WHO classification (1982), recently revised (2004).

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008180 Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic A chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, and often febrile multisystemic disorder of connective tissue, characterized principally by involvement of the skin, joints, kidneys, and serosal membranes. It is of unknown etiology, but is thought to represent a failure of the regulatory mechanisms of the autoimmune system. The disease is marked by a wide range of system dysfunctions, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and the formation of LE cells in the blood or bone marrow. Libman-Sacks Disease,Lupus Erythematosus Disseminatus,Systemic Lupus Erythematosus,Disease, Libman-Sacks,Libman Sacks Disease
D008181 Lupus Nephritis Glomerulonephritis associated with autoimmune disease SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS. Lupus nephritis is histologically classified into 6 classes: class I - normal glomeruli, class II - pure mesangial alterations, class III - focal segmental glomerulonephritis, class IV - diffuse glomerulonephritis, class V - diffuse membranous glomerulonephritis, and class VI - advanced sclerosing glomerulonephritis (The World Health Organization classification 1982). Glomerulonephritis, Lupus,Lupus Glomerulonephritis,Nephritis, Lupus,Glomerulonephritides, Lupus,Lupus Glomerulonephritides,Lupus Nephritides,Nephritides, Lupus
D011379 Prognosis A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations. Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor

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