Erythropoiesis-stimulating Agent Use among Patients with Lupus Nephritis Approaching End-stage Renal Disease.

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Published in J Clin Cell Immunol on December 01, 2013

Authors

José A Gómez-Puerta1, Sushrut S Waikar2, Daniel H Solomon3, Jun Liu4, Graciela S Alarcón5, Wolfgang C Winkelmayer6, Karen H Costenbader1

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
2: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
3: Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA ; Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
4: Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
5: Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
6: Division of Nephrology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

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