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penicillamine and Lupus Nephritis

penicillamine has been researched along with Lupus Nephritis in 1 studies

Penicillamine: 3-Mercapto-D-valine. The most characteristic degradation product of the penicillin antibiotics. It is used as an antirheumatic and as a chelating agent in Wilson's disease.
penicillamine : An alpha-amino acid having the structure of valine substituted at the beta position with a sulfanyl group.

Lupus Nephritis: Glomerulonephritis associated with autoimmune disease SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS. Lupus nephritis is histologically classified into 6 classes: class I - normal glomeruli, class II - pure mesangial alterations, class III - focal segmental glomerulonephritis, class IV - diffuse glomerulonephritis, class V - diffuse membranous glomerulonephritis, and class VI - advanced sclerosing glomerulonephritis (The World Health Organization classification 1982).

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Reports on a variety of therapies for systemic lupus erythematosus have been published over the past year."2.38Treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus. ( Miller, ML, 1991)

Research

Studies (1)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's1 (100.00)18.2507
2000's0 (0.00)29.6817
2010's0 (0.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Miller, ML1

Reviews

1 review available for penicillamine and Lupus Nephritis

ArticleYear
Treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus.
    Current opinion in rheumatology, 1991, Volume: 3, Issue:5

    Topics: Hematologic Diseases; Humans; Immunosuppression Therapy; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic; Lupus Nephri

1991