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J Pediatr (Rio J). 1996 Jan-Feb;72(1):32-4. doi: 10.2223/jped.595.

[Lupic nephropathy in childhood: morphologic analysis of 18 cases].

Jornal de pediatria

[Article in Portuguese]
M V Pereira, M P Revelo, E A Bambirra

Affiliations

  1. Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

PMID: 14688972 DOI: 10.2223/jped.595

Abstract

The present study describes 21 cases (17 females and 01 male) of 12 year old patients, or younger, with diagnosis of SLE, that were submitted to renal biopsy. The histologic study demonstrated 10 cases of membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (Class IV-WHO); 4 cases of focal proliferative glomerulonephritis (Class III-WHO; 2 cases of mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (Class II-WHO) and 2 cases of membranous glomerulonephritis (Class V-WHO). Three cases were excluded. In this study the incidence of lupus nephritis in children was small, similar to what has been described by other authors, and presenting unfavorable histologic patterns.

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