Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Membranous nephropathy

Management of membranous nephropathy

Chlorambucil } both proven effective by Ponticelli et al
cyclophospamide }

Cyclosporin A (Cattran et al.KI 2001)
CSA + low dose steroids vs steroids only (n=51)
CSA + low dose steroids - more CR/PR (21/28 vs 5/23)

MMF (only uncontrolled trials)
Choi et al. reduced proteinuria
Miller et al. reduced proteinuria

Rituximab (also uncontrolled trials)
Ruggenenti et al. reduced proteinuria up to 1 year.

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