TY - BOOK AU - Abuhashim Ahmed Abuhashim AU - Amal Elshehaby , AU - Mohammed Elkhatib , AU - Mohammed Momtaz Mohammed , TI - Role of urinary osteoprotegerin ( OPG ) as a biomarker for lupus nephritis activity / PY - 2010/// CY - Cairo : PB - Abuhashim Ahmed Abuhashim , KW - Lupus nephritis activity KW - OPG KW - Role of urinary osteoprotegerin N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Since kidney biopsies are not repeated at every flare of lupus nephritis , a noninvasive predictor of renal pathology would be very useful in choosing therapy . A biomarker that can forecast lupus nephritis flare well before thresholds of proteinuria , renal function and urine sediment that signal clinical flare are reached would be a valuable tool UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -