TY - BOOK AU - Yomna Abdelmoniem Abdelraheim Omar AU - Ashraf Galal Mohamed , AU - Azza Abdelkader Elhamshary , AU - Emad Emil Ghobrial , TI - Urinary monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 as a biomarker of lupus nephritis activity in paediatrics / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Yomna Abdelmoniem Abdelraheim Omar , KW - Lupus nephritis KW - Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 KW - Systemic lupus erythematosus N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics; Issued also as CD N2 - 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 ER -