Table 4.

Modified semiquantitative classification (according to ref. [30])

Modified SQC	Description	Score
Glomerular changes
Lobulation	Active	0 - 1a
Mesangial proliferation	Active	0 - 1a
Crescents
Cellular	Active	0 - 3b
Fibrous	Chronic	0 - 3b
Adhesions	Chronic	0 - 3b
Fibrinous thrombosis	Active	0 - 3b
Global sclerosis	Chronic	0 - 3b
Segmental sclerosis	Chronic	0 - 2c
Tubular changes
Thickening of the basement membrane	Chronic	0 - 1a
Complete atrophy	Chronic	0 - 1a
Tubular dilatation	Active	0 - 1a
Interstitial changes
Fibrosis	Chronic	0 - 1a
Inflammation OR periglomerular inflammation	Chronic	0 - 1a
Capillary changes
Arteriosclerosis OR arterial inflammation	Chronic	0 - 1a
Focal or diffuse mesangial proliferation		0 for focal, 1 for diffuse

^a0 = absent; 1 = present

^b0 = 0% of glomeruli affected; 1 = 0–5% of glomeruli affected; 2 = 5–10% of glomeruli affected; 3= > 10% of glomeruli affected

^c0 = 0% of glomeruli affected; 1 = 0–5% of glomeruli affected; 2= > 5% of glomeruli affected

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