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Renal outcomes in children with lupus and a family history of autoimmune disease.
Lupus - 1 Jan 2006
Apenteng T, Kaplan B, Meyers K
Abstract excerpt
Genetic factors play an important role in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) susceptibility and development of lupus nephritis (LN). The significance, however, of a positive family history of autoimmune disease on renal outcome in SLE patients is unknown. This retrospective study of 64 children with LN investigates whether children with LN and a family history of AID (autoimmune disease; 34 patients) had worse...
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