title: [Therapy of integrated traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine on 74 lupus nephritis].
abstract: The therapy of integrated traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine (TCM-WM) on lupus nephritis (LN) was explored. There were 74 and 66 cases in the TCM-WM group and WM group respectively. The results showed that in TCM-WM group the effective rate and recurrence rate were 95.9% and 4.1% respectively, while in WM group they were 80.3% and 21.2% respectively. The occurrence rate of side effect was 37.9% and 77.3% in TCM-WM group and WM group respectively. It indicated that the therapy of TCM-WM could significantly enhance curative rate and reduce recurrence and side effect rate.
authors.affiliation: Renal Research Institute, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou.
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: H Q
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008181:Lupus Nephritis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D011241:Prednisone / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D011241:Prednisone