Clinical And Pathological Analysis Of 72 Cases With Lupus Nephritis

ObjectiveTo investigate the relation between pathologic features of lupus nephritis(LN) and its clinical findings.MethodsThe renal biopsy was made in 72 systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE) patients and 6 types were classified. Then the correlation between pathological features and clinical findings was analysed.Resultsâ…¡,â…¢andâ…£type LN was often clinically active,but V type LN was inactive. Inâ…£typeLN,there was high incidence of hematuria and renal insufficiency. On the other hand,severe proteinuria wasfound in V type LN.ConclusionsThere is a relation between LN pathological change and SLE clinical manifestation, but their degrees are different.