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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Classification== | |||
The World Health Organization has divided lupus nephritis into five classes based on the [[biopsy]]. | |||
*Class I is histologically normal and does not show any evidence of disease. | |||
*Class II is based on a finding of mesangial lupus nephritis | |||
*Class III is focal proliferative [[nephritis]] | |||
*Class IV is diffuse proliferative nephritis | |||
*Class V is membranous nephritis and is characterized by extreme edema and protein loss. | |||
*Class VI Glomerulosclerosis | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2], Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [3]
Overview
Classification
The World Health Organization has divided lupus nephritis into five classes based on the biopsy.
- Class I is histologically normal and does not show any evidence of disease.
- Class II is based on a finding of mesangial lupus nephritis
- Class III is focal proliferative nephritis
- Class IV is diffuse proliferative nephritis
- Class V is membranous nephritis and is characterized by extreme edema and protein loss.
- Class VI Glomerulosclerosis