Lupus nephritis is a potentially life-threatening manifestation of an autoimmune disease that affects approximately 1.7 million people worldwide, predominantly women and mostly of colour and childbearing age
Lupus nephritis has a profound impact on the lives and outlook of those affected; even with the latest treatments, the damage to the kidneys usually gets worse over time, with up to a third of people progressing to end-stage kidney disease within 10 years, where the only options are dialysis or transplant, and the risk of mortality is high
Check out the videos from experts to learn on how the future of kidney diseases looks like, what kidney outcomes matter and why early diagnosis and treatment is important in Lupus Nephritis
Hear from Dr. Ioannis Parodis, Senior consultant rheumatologist from Karolinska Institutet.
Hear Prof Liz Lightstone's perspective, Renal Medicine at the Imperial College London.
Hear from Prof. Brad Rovin, Nephrologist from The Ohio State University & from Dr. Juan Mejia-Vilet, Nephrologist at the National Medical Institute Salvador Zubiran