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LUPUS NEPHRITIS [4 records]

Record 1 2024-12-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Urinary Tract
  • Immunology
CONT

Lupus nephritis occurs when lupus autoantibodies affect parts of the kidneys that filter out waste. This causes swelling and irritation of the kidneys, called inflammation. It might lead to blood in the urine, protein in the urine, high blood pressure, kidneys that don’t work well or even kidney failure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Appareil urinaire
  • Immunologie
CONT

La néphrite lupique est le prédicteur le plus important de mortalité dans le lupus érythémateux disséminé. Elle se caractérise par le dépôt d'autoanticorps, essentiellement des immunoglobulines G, aux reins et à la formation de complexes immuns.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research
  • Pharmacology
CONT

The general scheme of an add-on clinical trial is shown. Patients with newly diagnosed lupus nephritis(LN) or new flare of LN are given stand-of-care(SOC) therapy and randomized to receive either the experimental drug or placebo.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche scientifique
  • Pharmacologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Investigación científica
  • Farmacología
CONT

España autoriza la última fase del ensayo clínico complementario para la vacuna de dos dosis contra la COVID-19 de Johnson & Johnson.

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Record 3 2012-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

Induration, especially from fibrosis or from chronic inflammatory origin.

OBS

Plural: scleroses.

CONT

Biopsies are useful in patients with clinical nephritis to determine the pathologic type of nephritis, whether there is active inflammation(which has the potential for reversal) versus fibrosis and sclerosis, and to distinguish lupus nephritis from other forms of renal disease.

Key term(s)
  • scleroses

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Induration pathologique d'un tissu ou d'un organe, le plus souvent associée à une lésion inflammatoire ou à une fibrose.

CONT

Sclérose de la cavité utérine.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
DEF

Endurecimiento de tejidos.

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Record 4 1987-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
  • Immunology
OBS

lupus: The term is used in combination with the designation of a specific disease and of itself has no specific meaning.

OBS

lupus nephritis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
  • Immunologie
OBS

néphrite lupique (analogie).

Spanish

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