2019 Update of the Joint European League Against Rheumatism and European Renal Association–European Dialysis and Transplant Association (eular/era–edta) recommendations for the management of lupus nephritis

Document Outline

• 2019 Update of the Joint European League Against Rheumatism and European Renal Association–European Dialysis and Transplant Association (EULAR/ERA–EDTA) recommendations for the management of lupus nephritis
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Methods
  • Results
    • Overarching principles
    • Recommendations
      • Investigation of the patient with suspected LN
      • Pathological assessment of kidney biopsy
      • Indications of immunosuppressive treatment in LN
      • Treatment of adult LN
        • Goals of treatment
        • Initial treatment
        • Subsequent treatment
        • Non-responding/refractory disease
      • Adjunct treatment in patients with LN
      • Monitoring and prognosis of LN
      • Management of ESKD in LN
      • Antiphospholipid syndrome and LN
      • LN and pregnancy
      • Management of paediatric LN
  • Discussion
  • References