Azathioprine versus mycophenolate mofetil for long-term immunosuppression in lupus nephritis: result...
Azathioprine versus mycophenolate mofetil for long-term immunosuppression in lupus nephritis: results from the MAINTAIN Nephritis Trial
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Houssiau, Frédéric A , D'Cruz, David , Sangle, Shirish , Remy, Philippe , Vasconcelos, Carlos , Petrovic, Radmila , Fiehn, Christoph , de Ramon Garrido, Enrique , Gilboe, Inge-Magrethe , Tektonidou, Maria , Blockmans, Daniel , Ravelingien, Isabelle , le Guern, Véronique , Depresseux, Geneviève , Guillevin, Loïc , Cervera, Ricard and MAINTAIN Nephritis Trial Group
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London: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism
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London: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism
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Background Long-term immunosuppressive treatment does not efficiently prevent relapses of lupus nephritis (LN). This investigator-initiated randomised trial tested whether mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) was superior to azathioprine (AZA) as maintenance treatment. Methods A total of 105 patients with lupus with proliferative LN were included. All recei...
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Azathioprine versus mycophenolate mofetil for long-term immunosuppression in lupus nephritis: results from the MAINTAIN Nephritis Trial
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Author / Creator
D'Cruz, David
Sangle, Shirish
Remy, Philippe
Vasconcelos, Carlos
Petrovic, Radmila
Fiehn, Christoph
de Ramon Garrido, Enrique
Gilboe, Inge-Magrethe
Tektonidou, Maria
Blockmans, Daniel
Ravelingien, Isabelle
le Guern, Véronique
Depresseux, Geneviève
Guillevin, Loïc
Cervera, Ricard
MAINTAIN Nephritis Trial Group
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3002764
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3002764
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0003-4967
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1468-2060
DOI
10.1136/ard.2010.131995
