Successful Treatment with Mycophenolate Mofetil and Tacrolimus in Juvenile Severe Lupus Nephritis

Table 1

Laboratory findings on admission, at 1 month after methylprednisolone pulses and at discharge.

	At admission	1 month from methylprednisolone pulses	1 month from addition of tacrolimus	At discharge (4 months from addition of tacrolimus)
White blood count (×10^2/L)	51	193	85	82
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	12.5	13.6	10.2	11.5
Platelets (×10^4/L)	30.9	37.3	28	29.9
Total protein (g/dL)	4.0	3.9	4.6	5.5
Albumin (g/dL)	1.5	1.8	2.4	3.0
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)	12	18	18	12
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.9	0.5	0.5	0.5
C3 (mg/dL)	50	63	88	111
Immunoglobin G (mg/dL)	540	130	218	371
dsDNA antibodies (IU/mL)	98	15	14	12
Urine-protein to creatinine ratio (g/gCr)	3.13	7.97	2.79	1.07
Urine sediment
RBC/HPF	5–9	5–9	<1	<1
WBC/HPF	10–19	10–19	1–4	1–4
Cast	Granular (+)	Granular (+)	(−)	(−)
Oval fat body	(+)	(+)	(+)	(−)