Urinary sediments could differentiate endocapillary proliferative lupus nephritis and endocapillary proliferative IgA nephropathy.

CONCLUSIONS: Urinary sediments of LN with EPGN and IgAN with EPGN differed in many aspects. Leukocyturia could reflect the disease activity and prognosis of EPGN, especially in endocapillary proliferative LN. PMID: 33199236 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Immunopharmacology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Tags: Int Immunopharmacol Source Type: research