Yomna Abdelmoniem Abdelraheim Omar <br/><br/>
Urinary monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 as a biomarker of lupus nephritis activity in paediatrics /  
 مستوي الجاذب الكيميائي بروتين-١ في البول كدلالة علي نشاط الالتهاب الكلوي في مرض الذئبة الحمراء في الاطفال 
Yomna Abdelmoniem Abdelraheim Omar ; Supervised Azza Abdelkader Elhamshary , Ashraf Galal Mohamed , Emad Emil Ghobrial 
 - Cairo :   Yomna Abdelmoniem Abdelraheim Omar ,   2013 
 - 125 P. :   facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics 
<br/><br/> Early detection and treatment of renal activity may spare SLE patients from intensive immunosuppressive therapies and reduce renal damage. Renal biopsy is the gold standard for providing information of LN and relative degree of activity and chronicity in the glomeruli. However, it is invasive and serial biopsies are required which is impractical. Our study aimed to assessment of the role of urinary (MCP-1) in early diagnosis of lupus nephritis activity 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Lupus nephritis Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 Systemic lupus erythematosus