Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as a biomarker for lupus nephritis
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Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as a biomarker for lupus nephritis.
BACKGROUND One of the challenges of treating patients with lupus nephritis (LN) is to accurately assess disease activity and predict its outcome. Since renal-biopsy cannot be performed routinely, new surrogate biomarkers are needed. METHODS We evaluated neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), to predict renal outcome in LN. Serum and urinary NGAL levels, measured by the enzyme-link...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0931-0509,1460-2385
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu062