Marwa Ahmed Abdo <br/><br/>
Urinary tweak; a biomarker for lupus nephritis activity /  
 معامل تويك كمؤشر حيوي لنشاط التهاب الكلى في مرضى الذئبة الحمراء 
Marwa Ahmed Abdo ; Supervised Samia Zaki Hassan , Amal Rashad Elshahabe , Sherine Aly Elmofty 
 - Cairo :   Marwa Ahmed Abdo ,   2012 
 - 244 P. :   facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 
<br/><br/> This work aimed to investigate the value of urinary tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis (uTWEAK) as a biomarker for lupus nephritis (L.N.) activity. Sixty patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) fulfilling the 1997 revised criteria for the classification of SLE as well as 20 age/sex- matched healthy controls included in this study were subjected to full history taking, clinical examination, routine laboratory investigations, measurement of uTWEAK level as well as renal biopsy for patients with active L.N 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Lupus nephritis Systemic lupus erythematosus Urinary TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis