Renal thrombotic microangiopathy associated to worse renal prognosis in Lupus Nephritis.

Introduction: Renal thrombotic microangiopathy (rTMA) is one of many vascular findings in Lupus Nephritis (LN). However, the influence of rTMA on prognosis has not been well established. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical and pathological aspects of patients with lupus and rTMA in kidney biopsy.