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Immunosuppressive Therapies for the Maintenance Treatment of Proliferative Lupus Nephritis: A Systematic Review and Network Metaanalysis
Simon Yu Tian, Brian M. Feldman, Joseph Beyene, Patrick E. Brown, Elizabeth M. Uleryk and Earl D. Silverman
The Journal of Rheumatology June 2015, jrheum.141650; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.141650
Simon Yu Tian
From the Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, and the Hospital Library, The Hospital for Sick Children; Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto; Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. S.Y. Tian’s PhD research is funded in part by the Queen Elizabeth II– Edward Dunlop Foundation Scholarships in Science and Technology, administered at the University of Toronto. S.Y. Tian, MB, MSc, PhD (C), Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and The Hospital for Sick Children; B.M. Feldman, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; J. Beyene, PhD, Associate Professor, Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; P.E. Brown, PhD, Associate Professor, Cancer Care Ontario, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University; E.M. Uleryk, MLS, Hospital Library, The Hospital for Sick Children; E.D. Silverman, MD, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. E.D. Silverman, Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada. E-mail: earl.silverman@sickkids.ca. Accepted for publication March 24, 2015.
Brian M. Feldman
From the Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, and the Hospital Library, The Hospital for Sick Children; Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto; Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. S.Y. Tian’s PhD research is funded in part by the Queen Elizabeth II– Edward Dunlop Foundation Scholarships in Science and Technology, administered at the University of Toronto. S.Y. Tian, MB, MSc, PhD (C), Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and The Hospital for Sick Children; B.M. Feldman, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; J. Beyene, PhD, Associate Professor, Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; P.E. Brown, PhD, Associate Professor, Cancer Care Ontario, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University; E.M. Uleryk, MLS, Hospital Library, The Hospital for Sick Children; E.D. Silverman, MD, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. E.D. Silverman, Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada. E-mail: earl.silverman@sickkids.ca. Accepted for publication March 24, 2015.
Joseph Beyene
From the Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, and the Hospital Library, The Hospital for Sick Children; Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto; Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. S.Y. Tian’s PhD research is funded in part by the Queen Elizabeth II– Edward Dunlop Foundation Scholarships in Science and Technology, administered at the University of Toronto. S.Y. Tian, MB, MSc, PhD (C), Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and The Hospital for Sick Children; B.M. Feldman, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; J. Beyene, PhD, Associate Professor, Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; P.E. Brown, PhD, Associate Professor, Cancer Care Ontario, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University; E.M. Uleryk, MLS, Hospital Library, The Hospital for Sick Children; E.D. Silverman, MD, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. E.D. Silverman, Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada. E-mail: earl.silverman@sickkids.ca. Accepted for publication March 24, 2015.
Patrick E. Brown
From the Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, and the Hospital Library, The Hospital for Sick Children; Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto; Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. S.Y. Tian’s PhD research is funded in part by the Queen Elizabeth II– Edward Dunlop Foundation Scholarships in Science and Technology, administered at the University of Toronto. S.Y. Tian, MB, MSc, PhD (C), Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and The Hospital for Sick Children; B.M. Feldman, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; J. Beyene, PhD, Associate Professor, Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; P.E. Brown, PhD, Associate Professor, Cancer Care Ontario, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University; E.M. Uleryk, MLS, Hospital Library, The Hospital for Sick Children; E.D. Silverman, MD, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. E.D. Silverman, Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada. E-mail: earl.silverman@sickkids.ca. Accepted for publication March 24, 2015.
Elizabeth M. Uleryk
From the Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, and the Hospital Library, The Hospital for Sick Children; Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto; Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. S.Y. Tian’s PhD research is funded in part by the Queen Elizabeth II– Edward Dunlop Foundation Scholarships in Science and Technology, administered at the University of Toronto. S.Y. Tian, MB, MSc, PhD (C), Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and The Hospital for Sick Children; B.M. Feldman, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; J. Beyene, PhD, Associate Professor, Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; P.E. Brown, PhD, Associate Professor, Cancer Care Ontario, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University; E.M. Uleryk, MLS, Hospital Library, The Hospital for Sick Children; E.D. Silverman, MD, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. E.D. Silverman, Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada. E-mail: earl.silverman@sickkids.ca. Accepted for publication March 24, 2015.
Earl D. Silverman
From the Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, and the Hospital Library, The Hospital for Sick Children; Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto; Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. S.Y. Tian’s PhD research is funded in part by the Queen Elizabeth II– Edward Dunlop Foundation Scholarships in Science and Technology, administered at the University of Toronto. S.Y. Tian, MB, MSc, PhD (C), Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and The Hospital for Sick Children; B.M. Feldman, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; J. Beyene, PhD, Associate Professor, Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; P.E. Brown, PhD, Associate Professor, Cancer Care Ontario, and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Program in Population Genomics, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University; E.M. Uleryk, MLS, Hospital Library, The Hospital for Sick Children; E.D. Silverman, MD, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology and Program of Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, and Institute of Medical Science, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. E.D. Silverman, Division of Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada. E-mail: earl.silverman@sickkids.ca. Accepted for publication March 24, 2015.
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Immunosuppressive Therapies for the Maintenance Treatment of Proliferative Lupus Nephritis: A Systematic Review and Network Metaanalysis
Simon Yu Tian, Brian M. Feldman, Joseph Beyene, Patrick E. Brown, Elizabeth M. Uleryk, Earl D. Silverman
The Journal of Rheumatology Jun 2015, jrheum.141650; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141650
Immunosuppressive Therapies for the Maintenance Treatment of Proliferative Lupus Nephritis: A Systematic Review and Network Metaanalysis
Simon Yu Tian, Brian M. Feldman, Joseph Beyene, Patrick E. Brown, Elizabeth M. Uleryk, Earl D. Silverman
The Journal of Rheumatology Jun 2015, jrheum.141650; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141650