TY - JOUR T1 - Managing lupus nephritis: algorithms for conservative use of renal biopsy JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 106 LP - 115 VL - 63 IS - 2 AU - Roderick H. Salach AU - Joseph M. Cash Y1 - 1996/03/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/63/2/106.abstract N2 - SUMMARY Despite the widespread use of renal biopsy to guide the treatment of lupus nephritis, the disease can usually be diagnosed and managed on the basis of its clinical presentation alone. We propose a conservative approach in which biopsy is used selectively and present three algorithms that allow for a simplified initial approach to managing lupus nephritis. ER -