RELATIONSHIP OF INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY AND KIDNEY DAMAGES IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
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To solve the problems in the surveyed 45 patients: examination, laboratory complex, immune and instrumental methods. All 45 patients with SLE kidney disease manifested itself in the form of lupus nephritis. Syndrome hypertension met in 35.5% of cases, the syndrome of chronic renal failure in 37.7% of cases. Urinary syndrome characterized by moderate proteinuria (75.5%), hematuria (73.3%) and leukocyturia (73.3%). Positive correlation of tumor necrosis factor α, C-reactive protein level of creatinine, urea, ESR and SLE activity, which confirms the participation of the factors described in the immune process lupus inflammation.
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systemic lupus erythematosus, kidney disease, tumor necrosis factor α, C-reactive protein