Abstracts tagged "lupus nephritis and serum albumin"

Abstract Number: 656 • 2019 ACR/ARP Annual Meeting
Serum Albumin as a Long-term Predictor of Renal Evolution in Lupus Nephritis
Vanessa Castro Coello¹, Alejandro Brigante ², Sabrina Porta ³, Paola Avila ³, Marina Micelli ⁴, Adriana Hamaui ⁵, Eduardo Kerzberg ⁶ and Diana Dubinsky ⁵, ¹Sanatorio Güemes, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Sanatorio Güemes, Servicio de Medicina Interna – Reumatología, Francisco Acuña de Figueroa 1240, C1180AAD, Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Hospital General de Agudos José María Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Hospital General de Agudos Dr. José M. Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Sanatorio Güemes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁶Hospital Ramos Mejia, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Background/Purpose: End-stage renal disease (ESRD) develops in 10-30% of patients with lupus nephritis (LN) despite standard treatment. A biomarker with excellent sensitivity and specificity to…