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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

  1. Frédéric A. Houssiau1,*,
  2. Carlos Vasconcelos2,
  3. David D'Cruz3,
  4. Gian Domenico Sebastiani4,
  5. Enrique de Ramon Garrido5,
  6. Maria Giovanna Danieli6,
  7. Daniel Abramovicz7,
  8. Daniel Blockmans8,
  9. Alessandro Mathieu9,
  10. Haner Direskeneli10,
  11. Mauro Galeazzi11,
  12. Ahmet Gül12,
  13. Yair Levy13,
  14. Peter Petera14,
  15. Rajko Popovic15,
  16. Radmila Petrovic16,
  17. Renato Alberto Sinico17,
  18. Roberto Cattaneo18,
  19. Josep Font19,
  20. Geneviève Depresseux1,
  21. Jean-Pierre Cosyns1,
  22. Ricard Cervera19

Article first published online: 8 DEC 2004

DOI: 10.1002/art.20666

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Arthritis & Rheumatism

Arthritis & Rheumatism

Volume 50, Issue 12, pages 3934–3940, December 2004

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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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  1. 1

    Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

  2. 2

    Hospital Santo Antonio, Porto, Portugal

  3. 3

    St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK

  4. 4

    Ospedale San Camillo, Rome, Italy

  5. 5

    Hospital Regional del SAS de Malaga, Malaga, Spain

  6. 6

    Università degli Study di Ancona, Ancona, Italy

  7. 7

    Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

  8. 8

    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  9. 9

    Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

  10. 10

    University of Marmara, Istanbul, Turkey

  11. 11

    Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy

  12. 12

    University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

  13. 13

    Tel Aviv University, Tel Hashomer, Israel

  14. 14

    Lainz Hospital, Vienna, Austria

  15. 15

    Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

  16. 16

    University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

  17. 17

    Ospedale Policlinico, Ospedale San Carlo Borromeo, Milan, Italy

  18. 18

    Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy

  19. 19

    Institut Clinic de Medicina i Dermatologia, Barcelona, Spain

*Rheumatology Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 10, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 DEC 2004
  2. Article first published online: 8 DEC 2004
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 23 AUG 2004
  4. Manuscript Received: 10 MAR 2004

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  • European League Against Rheumatism

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