Maintenance therapy for lupus nephritis with mycophenolate mofetil or azathioprine. A meta-analysis 
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CONCLUSION: MMF seems more effective than AZA as maintenance therapy for LN although the differences did not reach statistical significance. Furthermore, the MMF group incurred lower risk of leukopenia than AZA. However, more RCTs are needed to confirm the conclusion.
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Source: Clinical Nephrology - January 28, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Deng J, Xie H, Zhu L, Luo L, Xie H Tags: Clin Nephrol Source Type: research