Significance Statement: Reliable prediction tools are needed to personalize treatment in ANCA-associated GN. More than 1500 patients were collated in an international longitudinal study to revise the ANCA kidney risk score. The score showed satisfactory performance, mimicking the original study (Harrell's C=0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNearly 50% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) will develop lupus nephritis (LN). Current treatment regimens for LN are suboptimal as the majority of patients fail to achieve complete renal response after several months of treatment and there are high rates of relapse. We report outcomes in four LN patients who were treated with both voclosporin and belimumab.
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