Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Nephritis Class V

**Semantic type:** Disease or Syndrome

**Definition:** Systemic lupus erythematosus nephritis, with global or segmental subepithelial immune deposits or their morphologic sequelae by light microscopy and by immunofluorescence or electron microscopy, with or without mesangial alterations. (Weening, Jan J. et al. (2004). The Classification of Glomerulonephritis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Revisited. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 15(2), 241-50.)