[Lupus nephropathy in children. Based on the authors' caseload].

We studied retrospectively 12 children with lupus nephritis divided in two groups according to the treatment made. The patients in the first group received oral 6-methyl-prednisolone alone, until children in the second received too oral cyclophosphamide. At the moment of the admission, no statistical differences were seen between both groups in terms of age, sex, clinical features, renal function, laboratory values and renal pathology based on the classification of the World Health Organisation.