Inflammation from lupus can cause a type of kidney disease called lupus nephritis. Learn more about how lupus affects the kidneys and lupus nephritis. For some people, lupus nephritis can lead to ...

The pathological findings in the kidney have been reported in only 2 cases, 16,17 and were described as showing severe interstitial nephritis; the glomeruli and blood vessels were described as normal.

Conventional lupus nephritis (LN) treatment based on cyclophosphamide, steroids and, recently, mycophenolatemofetil has improved the outcome of the disease over the last 50 years, although failure ...