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      Immunoadsorption: A New Strategy to Induce Remission in Membranous Lupus Nephritis

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          We report the case of an 11-year-old previously healthy girl who presented for microscopic hematuria and nephrotic proteinuria with normal renal function, which persisted after 6 months of steroids, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi)/angiotensin receptor blockers, hydroxychloroquine, mycophenolic acid and a low-salt diet. A serum investigation suggested lupus nephritis and a renal biopsy, performed 2 weeks after the first proteinuria detection, revealed membranous lupus nephritis. We decided to perform ten sessions of daily immunoadsorption. Proteinuria decreased significantly over these ten sessions from 8 to 0.12 g/l. After the tenth immunoadsorption session, the patient received the first rituximab (RTX) infusion leading to complete B-cell depletion. The patient was maintained on ACEi associated with mycophenolic acid and hydroxychloroquine. Three RTX reinjections were performed when CD19-positive cells reappeared in peripheral blood. Despite complete B-cell recovery and positive anti-dsDNA-Ab, the patient remained in complete remission 18 months after the initial diagnosis with negative proteinuria and a normal renal function.

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                Journal
                CRU
                CND
                10.1159/issn.2296-9705
                Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis
                S. Karger AG
                2296-9705
                2014
                January – April 2014
                19 March 2014
                : 4
                : 1
                : 37-41
                Affiliations
                aDepartment of Pediatric Nephrology, APHP, DHU i2B Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy, Armand-Trousseau Hospital, bUniversity Pierre and Marie Curie, and cDepartment of Pathology, Tenon Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
                Author notes
                *Tim Ulinski, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, APHP, DHU i2B Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy, Armand-Trousseau Hospital, APHP, 26, Avenue du Docteur Arnold Netter, FR-75012 Paris (France), E-Mail tim.ulinski@trs.aphp.fr
                Article
                361014 PMC4000301 Case Rep Nephrol Urol 2014;4:37-41
                10.1159/000361014
                PMC4000301
                24803916
                ae99d75b-d895-4133-b465-d0601614bf9f
                © 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel

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                Categories
                Published: March 2014

                Cardiovascular Medicine,Nephrology
                Membranous lupus nephritis,Immunoadsorption,Rituximab,Proteinuria

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