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Early response to immunosuppressive therapy predicts good renal outcome in lupus nephritis: Lessons from long-term followup of patients in the Euro-Lupus Nephritis Trial
Article first published online: 8 DEC 2004
DOI: 10.1002/art.20666
Copyright © 2004 by the American College of Rheumatology
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Houssiau, F. A., Vasconcelos, C., D'Cruz, D., Sebastiani, G. D., de Ramon Garrido, E., Danieli, M. G., Abramovicz, D., Blockmans, D., Mathieu, A., Direskeneli, H., Galeazzi, M., Gül, A., Levy, Y., Petera, P., Popovic, R., Petrovic, R., Sinico, R. A., Cattaneo, R., Font, J., Depresseux, G., Cosyns, J.-P. and Cervera, R. (2004), Early response to immunosuppressive therapy predicts good renal outcome in lupus nephritis: Lessons from long-term followup of patients in the Euro-Lupus Nephritis Trial. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 50: 3934–3940. doi: 10.1002/art.20666
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- Issue published online: 8 DEC 2004
- Article first published online: 8 DEC 2004
- Manuscript Accepted: 23 AUG 2004
- Manuscript Received: 10 MAR 2004
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