Objective Long-term glucocorticoid use in SLE may have significant side effects; however, glucocorticoid discontinuation is occasionally associated with disease flare-ups. Therefore, we evaluated the ...

Objective To evaluate the performance of the European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology (EULAR/ACR) SLE classification criteria in a cohort of patients with biopsy-confirmed ...

4 Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA Background/objective Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at increased risk for adverse ...

Objective To achieve consensus on a definition of remission in SLE (DORIS). Background Remission is the stated goal for both patient and caregiver, but consensus on a definition of remission has been ...

Disease modification has become a well-established concept in several therapeutic areas; however, no widely accepted definition of disease modification exists for SLE. We reviewed established ...

Objective Systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs) encompass a diverse group of complex conditions with overlapping clinical features, making accurate diagnosis challenging. This study aims to ...

Introduction Racial disparities exist in the prevalence, disease course and outcomes of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). African–Americans (AAs) have a 2.5–3.5-fold higher prevalence ...

Objective This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of sarcopenia and its clinical significance in Turkish women with SLE, exploring the association between muscle mass, muscle strength and SLE ...

Objectives Type 1 interferon (IFN) is key to the pathogenesis of SLE, evidenced by the expression of IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs) in most patients, but the clinical utility of serial ISG assessment ...

Objectives Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) may affect the clinical course of SLE leading to reduced quality of life. CAN is assessed by heart rate variability (HRV) measures and ...

Gastric bypass surgery, also called Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB), can result in the malabsorption of medications, requiring the use of higher than usual doses in order to achieve a therapeutic ...

Objective This study aimed to investigate the clinical significance of exostosin 1 (EXT1) in confirmed and suspected lupus membranous nephropathy (LMN). Methods EXT1 was detected in 67 renal tissues ...