title: Renal biopsy in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: Not just lupus glomerulonephritis!
abstract: Kidney biopsy is a mainstay in the diagnosis and management of renal disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Though biopsies from patients with lupus typically show various forms of immune complex glomerulonephritis, other pathologies are occasionally encountered, including unusual lupus-related nephropathies, other forms of autoimmune disease, and occasional renal disorders without any direct connection with lupus or autoimmunity. Electron microscopy is a powerful tool for detecting and classifying these unusual conditions, which frequently have important therapeutic and prognostic implications.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Pathology , Duke University , Durham , NC , USA.|b Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Centers , Durham , NC , USA.
authors.forename: David N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Howell
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008181:Lupus Nephritis / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: Autoimmune diseases; electron microscopy; nonlupus nephritides; renal biopsy; systemic lupus erythematosus