An unusual presentation of juvenile lupus nephritis

Joint Authors

Uppin, Megha
Bottu, Malleshwar
Burri, Srikanth
Yadla, Manjusha

Source

Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation

Issue

Vol. 27, Issue 3 (30 Jun. 2016), pp.610-613, 4 p.

Publisher

Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation

Publication Date

2016-06-30

Country of Publication

Saudi Arabia

No. of Pages

4

Main Subjects

Medicine

Topics

Abstract EN

The incidence of juvenile lupus varies widely ranging between 4 and 250 per 100,000 population.

Most common organ involvement in juvenile lupus is kidney.

Neurological, cutaneous and hematological involvements are also involved.

Skeletal muscle involvement in the form of myositis is rare.

Myositis as presenting manifestation in juvenile lupus is also unusual.

Herein, we report one such case wherein myositis preceded the onset of lupus nephritis.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Bottu, Malleshwar& Yadla, Manjusha& Burri, Srikanth& Uppin, Megha. 2016. An unusual presentation of juvenile lupus nephritis. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation،Vol. 27, no. 3, pp.610-613.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Bottu, Malleshwar…[et al.]. An unusual presentation of juvenile lupus nephritis. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Vol. 27, no. 3 (May. / Jun. 2016), pp.610-613.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Bottu, Malleshwar& Yadla, Manjusha& Burri, Srikanth& Uppin, Megha. An unusual presentation of juvenile lupus nephritis. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 2016. Vol. 27, no. 3, pp.610-613.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-683757

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references : p. 613

Record ID

BIM-683757