Comparison of renal response to four different induction therapies in Japanese patients with lupus nephritis class III or IV: A single-centre retrospective study

Hironari Hanaoka; Tomofumi Kiyokawa; Harunobu Iida; Kana Ishimori; Yukiko Takakuwa; Takahiro Okazaki; Hidehiro Yamada; Daisuke Ichikawa; Sayuri Shirai; Junki Koike; Shoichi Ozaki

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0175152

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Comparison of renal response to four different induction therapies in Japanese patients with lupus nephritis class III or IV: A single-centre retrospective study

Hironari Hanaoka ,

* E-mail: hhanaoka1208@yahoo.co.jp

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Allergology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5172-1102

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Tomofumi Kiyokawa,

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Allergology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Harunobu Iida,

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Allergology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Kana Ishimori,

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Allergology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Yukiko Takakuwa,

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Allergology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Takahiro Okazaki,

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Allergology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Hidehiro Yamada,

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Allergology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Daisuke Ichikawa,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Sayuri Shirai,

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Junki Koike,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Shoichi Ozaki

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Allergology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Comparison of renal response to four different induction therapies in Japanese patients with lupus nephritis class III or IV: A single-centre retrospective study

Hironari Hanaoka,
Tomofumi Kiyokawa,
Harunobu Iida,
Kana Ishimori,
Yukiko Takakuwa,
Takahiro Okazaki,
Hidehiro Yamada,
Daisuke Ichikawa,
Sayuri Shirai,
Junki Koike

Published: April 6, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175152

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