Table 1 Types of kidney disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
From: Kidney disease in lupus is not always 'lupus nephritis'
Immune complex glomerulonephritis ('lupus nephritis') |
Immune complex tubulointersitial nephritis |
Minimal change nephrotic syndrome |
Thrombotic microangiopathy |
Infectious ascending tubulointerstitial disease |
Opportunistic renal infections |
Renal drug-induced toxicity |
Renal injury due to concomitant disease (for example, hypertension and diabetes mellitus) |
Amyloidosis |