A Controlled Trial of Plasmapheresis Therapy in Severe Lupus Nephritis
- 21 May 1992
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 326 (21), 1373-1379
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199205213262101
Abstract
The prognosis of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who have glomerulonephritis is poor, despite treatment with immunosuppressive therapy. Plasmapheresis therapy has been used, but there have been few controlled clinical observations of its efficacy.Keywords
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