Abstracts tagged "lupus nephritis and medication"

Abstract Number: 1668 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Identifying Patient Perceptions of Medication Decision Making Barriers in Minorities with Lupus Nephritis
Jasvinder A. Singh¹, Haiyan Qu², Jinoos Yazdany³, W. Winn Chatham², Maria Dall'era⁴ and Ricahrd Shewchuk⁵, ¹University of Alabama and VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁴Medicine/Rheumatology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵University fo Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Studies suggest that adherence to medications for lupus nephritis is low. However, there are limited data available on the barriers that patients with lupus…
Abstract Number: 1662 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Lupus Nephritis Patients Who Stopped Maintenance Immunosuppressive Therapy without Relapse
Robert S. Katz¹ and Lauren Kwan², ¹Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, ²Rheumatology Associates, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: The current guidelines from both the American College of Rheumatology and the American Society of Nephrology suggest initiating induction therapy for Class III and…