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Table 2 The revised classification of glomerulonephritis in SLE [10]

From: Systemic lupus erythematosus

Class I

Minimal mesangial lupus nephritis Normal on light microscopy. Mesangial immune deposits on immunofluorescence

Class II

Mesangial proliferative lupus nephritis Mesangial hypercellularity or matrix expansion, with mesangial immune deposits on immunofluorescence

Class III

Focal lupus nephritis Glomerulonephritis involving < 50% of glomeruli, typically with sub-endothelial immune deposits.

Class IV

Diffuse lupus nephritis Glomerulonephritis involving > 50% of glomeruli, typically with sub-endothelial immune deposits. Can be segmental or global.

Class V

Membranous lupus nephritis Global or segmental sub-epithelial immune deposits

Class VI

Advanced sclerotic lupus nephritis > 90% of glomeruli globally sclerosed without residual activity