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Preface
List of contributors
Abbreviations
1 An overview of SLE 3
2 Clinical manifestations of lupus nephritis 17
3 Lupus nephritis: histology 33
4 Lupus nephritis: complement in lupus 48
5 Pathogenesis of lupus nephritis for rheumatology and the kidney 61
6 Lupus nephritis: treatment - pulse cyclophosphamide 75
7 Lupus nephritis: treatment with continuous therapies 93
8 SLE in pregnancy 108
9 Renal involvement in the anti-phospholipid syndrome 132
10 Vasculitis classification 169
11 Immunopathogenesis of systemic vasculitis 185
12 Pathology of vasculitis 200
13 Clinical presentation and treatment of renal vasculitis 211
14 Polyarteritis nodosa: clinical characteristics, outcome, and treatment 228
15 Vasculitis (ANCA negative): Henoch-Schonlein purpura 246
16 Takayasu's arteritis 258
17 Systemic sclerosis: the spectrum, immunopathogenesis, clinical features, and treatment 275
18 Rheumatoid arthritis, mixed connective tissue disease, and polymyositis 293
19 Amyloidosis: pathogenesis and diagnosis 305
20 Amyloidosis: rheumatic disease and amyloid; clinical features and treatment 322
21 Primary amyloidosis 342
22 Light-chain and heavy-chain deposition diseases 349
23 Hepatitis C associated mixed cryoglobulinemia 361
24 Hepatitis B associated renal diseases 377
25 The nephrotoxicity of calcineurin inhibitors 397
26 Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and the kidney 415
27 Nephrotoxicity of drugs used in rheumatology: analgesic nephropathy 431
28 Renal toxicity of anti-rheumatic drugs 445
29 Rheumatologic diseases associated with interstitial nephritis 465
30 Gout, uric acid, and the kidney 485
31 Dialysis arthropathy 508
32 Rheumatological complications of renal disease and transplantation 519
Index 535