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Proliferative lupus nephritis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and longstanding secondary amyloid nephropathy

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Secondary amyloidosis is an unusual complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report the case of a 60-year-old woman with SLE and secondary amyloidosis who developed class III proliferative lupus nephritis 13 years after the onset of amyloid nephropathy. The patient was treated with mycophenolate mofetil (1.5 g/day) with a significant improvement in proteinuria.

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  1. Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel 170, 08036, Barcelona, Spain

    Jose A. Gómez-Puerta, Concepción Moll, Antonio Collado & Raimon Sanmartí

  2. Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

    Ricard Cervera

  3. Department of Pathology, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

    Manel Solé

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Gómez-Puerta, J.A., Cervera, R., Moll, C. et al. Proliferative lupus nephritis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and longstanding secondary amyloid nephropathy. Clin Rheumatol 28, 95–97 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-008-1025-7

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