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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2413-4341</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Paraguaya de Reumatología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. parag. reumatol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2413-4341</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Paraguaya de Reumatología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2413-43412022000100016</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18004/rpr/2022.08.01.16</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Nefritis lúpica una causa frecuente de nefropatía secundaria en Paraguay]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Lupus nephritis is a frequent cause of secondary nephropathy in Paraguay]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[León]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alex Chamorro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Jiménez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lourdes Carolina Vázquez]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lilian Michele Brítez]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gini]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marcelo Ramón Barrios]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Stanley]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Idalina de Jesús]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Asunción Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Nefrología]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San Lorenzo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Paraguay</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>8</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>16</fpage>
<lpage>20</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2413-43412022000100016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2413-43412022000100016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.iics.una.py/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2413-43412022000100016&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Introducción: La nefritis lúpica es un factor de mal pronóstico en los pacientes con lupus. La punción biopsia renal, permite la clasificación de las nefritis lúpica. Objetivo General: Conocer los estadios más frecuentemente biopsiados de nefritis lúpica en el Hospital de Clínicas FCM-UNA. Objetivos Específicos: Reconocer la forma de presentación y la correlación clínico-patológica de las nefritis lúpica en el Hospital de Clínicas. Identificar las indicaciones más frecuentes para punción biopsia renal. Conocer la frecuencia de complicaciones. Pacientes y Métodos: Retrospectivo, observacional, descriptivo de corte trasversal. Resultados: Del total de pacientes con nefritis lúpica (n=33); 85% fueron para pacientes con lupus eritematoso sistémico + nefritis lúpica+proteinuria; 6% síndrome nefrótico; 6% síndrome nefrítico; 3% proteinuria aislada. Como complicaciones 3% desarrolló hemato- ma perirrenal mínimo. Del total de pacientes con glomerulopatías secundarias biopsiados (n=37); el 89% fueron diagnosticados como nefritis lúpica. Las clases anatomopatológicas encontradas fueron 64% clase IV G; 18% clase IV S; 12% clase V; 6% clase III. Conclusión: Predominó la clase 4 G. La forma de presentación más frecuente fue pacientes con lupus, nefritis lúpica y proteinuria. La indicación más frecuente de punción biopsia renal fue la de proteinuria con diagnóstico de lupus eritematoso sistémico. Como compli caciones sólo 3% desarrolló hematoma perirrenal mínimo.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Introduction: Lupus Nephritis (LN) is a poor prognostic factor in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). Ultrasound-guided renal biopsy is performed to classify LN. General Objective: To identify the most frequently biopsied classes of LN at the Hospital de Clínicas FCM-UNA. Specific Objectives: To recognize the clinical presentation in patients with LN and the clinical-pathological correlation of LN in the Hospital de Clínicas. To determine the most frequent clinical indication for biopsy. To know the most frequent technical complications of the procedure. Methods: We conducted a retrospective, observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study design. Results: LN was the most frequent (89%, 33/37) cause of secondary glomerulopathy in biopsies. Clinical indications for renal biopsy in LN were proteinuria with a diagnosis of SLE (85%), nephrotic syndrome (6%), nephritic syndrome (6%), and isolated proteinuria (3%). The pathological LN classes found were: 64% class IV-G, 18% class IV-S, 12% class V, 6% class III. Regarding complications, 3% developed minimal perirenal hematoma. Conclusion: LN class IV-G was the predominant biopsy class in our patients. The most frequent form of presentation was.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Glomerulonefritis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Nefritis Lúpica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Biopsia Renal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Glomerulonephritis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Lupus nephritis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Kidney biopsy.]]></kwd>
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