Lupus nephritis

Lupus nephritis
Type IV lupus nephritis: The classic "flea-bitten" appearance of the cortical surface in the diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritides. (Courtesy of Ed Uthman, MD)]]

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Omer Kamal, M.D.[2] Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]; Ujjwal Rastogi, MBBS [3]; Aida Javanbakht, M.D.Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [4] 

Synonyms and keywords: Nephritis - lupus; lupus glomerular disease

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