... by renal biopsy. The patient was treated with ACE inhibitor, mycophenolate mofetil (600 mg per m 2 per dose, every 12 h), in combination with “pulse” methylprednisolone at 30 mg/kg/day IV bolus (maximum 1 g) for 3 consecutive days, followed by 2 months of daily oral prednisolone (2 mg/kg/day) and alternate...

...Yuji Doi; Hirotsugu Kitayama; Masayoshi Yamada; Yudai Miyama Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is used widely to treat lupus nephritis and is considered safer than other immunosuppressive drugs. Reports on severe complications related to MMF are sparse. We report a case of a patient with lupus nephritis...

... received plasmapheresis, steroids, and cyclophosphamide. She developed hemorrhagic cystitis early in the treatment from oral cyclophosphamide and mycophenolate mofetil was substituted as a first-line drug. She responded favorably and continued on mycophenolate mofetil without evidence of relapse. Despite...