Membranous Nephropathy: A Panel Discussion
In a recent Core Curriculum published in AJKD, Loulwa Alsharhan and Laurence H. Beck Jr. discuss the typical features of primary and secondary disease; highlight the target [...]
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Management and Treatment of Lupus Nephritis
A recent AJKD Core Curriculum by Parikh et al provides a review of the current understanding of lupus nephritis epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment. [...]
#NephMadness 2020: The Blue Ribbon Panel
Introducing the Blue Ribbon Panel (BRP) for NephMadness 2020: These 9 members decide the outcome of each matchup. Get to know them below: Kirk Cambell @kirkcampbell Kirk [...]
#NephMadness 2019: The Blue Ribbon Panel
Introducing the Blue Ribbon Panel (BRP) for NephMadness 2019: These 9 members have poured through the data and agonized over the winners and losers for each matchup and each [...]
RAAS Blockade in Advanced CKD: A Serpentine Path
It is not a coincidence that salt makes food taste so much better and that women may crave it during pregnancy. Sodium is the core of our extracellular volume, an ultimate [...]
PD or HD: Which Road Do We Take?
The great American poet, Robert Frost, wrote: “Two roads diverged in a wood And I I took the one less travelled by And that has made all the difference” In the world of [...]
The Good News and the Good News About the Treatment of Lupus Nephritis
Part 1 focused on the history of the treatment of proliferative lupus nephritis. Now for Part 2… “The bad news is that your lupus is affecting your kidneys. The [...]
The Long and Winding Road: What We Think We Know About The Treatment of Proliferative Lupus Nephritis
This is Part 1 of a 2-part series. Part 2 focuses on a recent meta-analysis published in AJKD by Palmer et al. The history of the treatment of proliferative lupus nephritis [...]