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Clinical and Developmental Immunology
Volume 2012, Article ID 967584, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/967584
Clinical Study

Association of Intrarenal B-Cell Infiltrates with Clinical Outcome in Lupus Nephritis: A Study of 192 Cases

Yan Shen,1 Chuan-Yin Sun,1 Feng-Xia Wu,1 Yi Chen,1 Min Dai,1 Yu-Cheng Yan,2 and Cheng-De Yang1

1Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 145 Shan Dong Zhong Road, Shanghai 200001, China
2Department of Nephrology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 145 Shan Dong Zhong Road, Shanghai 200001, China

Received 4 February 2012; Revised 25 April 2012; Accepted 25 April 2012

Academic Editor: Harris Perlman

Copyright © 2012 Yan Shen et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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