Primary anetoderma: a cutaneous sign of antiphospholipid antibodies.

abstract：:Objective The main aim of this study was to investigate the ovarian reserve, menstruation, and lymphocyte subpopulation in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients of childbearing age. Methods We enrolled 40 SLE patients of childbearing age and 40 age-matched healthy controls. Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) was teste...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Gao H,Ma J,Wang X,Lv T,Liu J,Ren Y,Li Y,Zhang Y

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) frequently have gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. These are usually self-limiting and related to treatment side-effects or concurrent illness. However, abdominal pain may be due to bowel ischaemia which can lead to infarction and perforation. The likelihood of these serio...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Lian TY,Edwards CJ,Chan SP,Chng HH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunopathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus has been thoroughly investigated recently, and genome-wide association studies have identified genes statistically associated with lupus. However, the progression to overt disease is dependent on the activation of environmental factors ('triggers'), among which oe...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Catania G,Rossi E,Marmont A

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital heart block occurs in fetuses of Ro/SSA and La/SSB positive women. To investigate the stability of maternal autoantibody levels during pregnancy, we followed Ro52, Ro60 and La autoantibody IgG level variation and Ro52 subclass profiles longitudinally in selected congenital heart block risk pregnancies. Seru...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Strandberg L,Salomonsson S,Bremme K,Sonesson S,Wahren-Herlenius M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective Adherence to medication has a major impact on treatment control and success especially in chronic diseases but often remains unrecognized. Besides clinical, socioeconomic, disease-related and treatment-related parameters, general and personal health beliefs, as well as perception of health, can affect adhere...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Chehab G,Sauer GM,Richter JG,Brinks R,Willers R,Fischer-Betz R,Winkler-Rohlfing B,Schneider M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Identifying factors predicting adverse pregnancy outcomes involving systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a research priority. The aims of this study were to investigate (a) the maternal and fetal outcomes of pregnant lupus patients and the factors associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, and (b) the ef...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Janardana R,Haridas V,Priya V,Bhat V,Singh Y,Rao VK,Jois R,Srikantiah C,Pinto B,Shobha V

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only recently Bartonella species have been recognized as important human pathogens. Cat scratch disease (CSD), caused by infection with Bartonella henselae, shows a steady increase in the number of cases throughout the world. We report a case of an 18-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who presente...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Gaubitz M,Herrmann M,Shahin M,Schotte H,Willeke P,Domschke W

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the experience from the Antiphospholipid Antibodies (aPL) Regional Consortium in northwest Italy, meant to support clinical research and foster collaboration among health professionals regarding the diagnosis and management of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) patients. This cohort-study (APS Piedmont Cohort) ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Bertero MT,Bazzan M,Carignola R,Montaruli B,Silvestro E,Sciascia S,Vaccarino A,Baldovino S,Roccatello D,Antiphospholipid Piedmont Consortium.

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study was to analyse the prevalence and clinical significance of hypocomplementemia in a large series of patients diagnosed either with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or with primary antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and its association with the main clinical, hematological and immunological fea...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Ramos-Casals M,Campoamor MT,Chamorro A,Salvador G,Segura S,Botero JC,Yagüe J,Cervera R,Ingelmo M,Font J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous manifestations of lupus erythematosus (LE) are, usually, characteristic enough to permit an easy diagnosis. However, some patients may present less typical lesions, associated or not to the classic ones. Therefore, irrespectively of the variety of LE (acute, subacute and chronic), in absence of the typical b...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Mascaro JM,Herrero C,Hausmann G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of TNF alpha (TNFalpha) inhibitors has made a strong impact on the management of rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and Crohn disease. Side effects of these agents include the development of autoantibodies and a lupus-like syndrome (drug-related lupus, DRL). Here, a case of a patient wh...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Kocharla L,Mongey AB

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder with multiple organ involvement. B-lymphocyte activity plays a pivotal role in the development and course of the disease. A newly developed agent called belimumab has recently been approved to treat active, autoantibody positive SLE as an add-on to st...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Parodis I,Axelsson M,Gunnarsson I

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Q fever has extremely polymorphic features, and has been reported to be associated with positivity of several autoimmune antibodies. We report two cases of atypical Q fever with a clinical presentation highly suggestive of an inflammatory systemic disease with positivity of autoimmune antibodies, mimicking systemic lu...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Durupt S,Puget M,Lega JC,Durieu I,Reynaud Q

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of beta 2glycoprotein I (beta 2GPI) and human monoclonal anticardiolipin antibody (aCL) on the protein S/C4b-binding protein (C4BP) system was evaluated. The binding of C4BP to protein S was assessed by ELISA in the presence of beta 2GPI with/without human monoclonal aCL. beta 2GPI downregulated the binding...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Atsumi T,Khamashta MA,Ames PR,Ichikawa K,Koike T,Hughes GR

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of poly(ADP-ribose) in peripheral blood mononuclear (PBM) cells was studied in 13 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and in 12 age and sex matched controls. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity was measured as the net accumulation of ADP-ribose polymers during the conversion of 32P-NAD to ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Chen HY,Pertusi RM,Kirkland JB,Rubin BR,Jacobson EL

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) whose sera contained a high titre of an antibody targeting cytoplasmic ribosomal P proteins (anti-P). This association preceded by 6 years the development of serological and clinical manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The clinical significance of ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Hamasaki K,Mimura T,Kanda H,Morino N,Yazaki Y,Nojima Y

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective People affected by chronic rheumatic conditions, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), frequently rely on the Internet and search engines to look for terms related to their disease and its possible causes, symptoms and treatments. 'Infodemiology' and 'infoveillance' are two recent terms created to desc...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Radin M,Sciascia S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aims were to assess the frequency of false-positive IgM antibodies for cytomegalovirus in pregnant women with autoimmune diseases and in healthy women (controls) and to determine their relationship with pregnancy outcome. Data from 133 pregnancies in 118 patients with autoimmune diseases and from 222 pregnancies i...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： De Carolis S,Santucci S,Botta A,Garofalo S,Martino C,Perrelli A,Salvi S,Degennaro V,de Belvis A,Ferrazzani S,Scambia G

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphocytic vasculitis (LV) characterises systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and this potentially reversible lesion, which may be subclinical, may imply overt systemic disease activity. Needle quadriceps muscle biopsy was performed in 26 unselected patients with SLE and the presence of LV in these muscle specimens was...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Lim KL,Lowe J,Powell RJ

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current non-invasive methods of assessing disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are of limited sensitivity and specificity. Testing includes acute phase markers, autoantibodies and complement levels. Although measurements of dsDNA antibodies and complement C3/C4 levels are routine, they rema...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Adhya Z,El Anbari M,Anwar S,Mortimer A,Marr N,Karim MY

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the virus causing Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), has had a huge impact on health services with a high mortality associated with complications including pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Historical evidence suggests that Lupus patients h...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Mason A,Rose E,Edwards CJ

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consanguineous marriage is quite prevalent in the Sultanate of Oman, with up to 45% of marriages being consanguineous. The aim of this study was to determine demographic, clinical and serological characteristics between familial and non-familial cases of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a highly consangu...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Abdwani R,Hira M,Al-Nabhani D,Al-Zakwani I

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SLICC/ACR damage index for SLE was developed to assess accumulated damage since the onset of the disease. The damage includes non-reversible changes in organs and systems affected by the disease process itself, its therapy, or inter-current illness. This paper describes the development of the damage index, its val...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Gladman DD,Urowitz MB

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this paper are to prospectively determine the incidence of paediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (pSLE) in Australia as well as describe the demographics, clinical presentation and one-year outcome. STUDY DESIGN:Newly diagnosed cases of pSLE were ascertained prospectively from October 20...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Mackie FE,Kainer G,Adib N,Boros C,Elliott EJ,Fahy R,Munro J,Murray K,Rosenberg A,Wainstein B,Ziegler JB,Singh-Grewal D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has a therapeutic potential in many autoimmune diseases. Based on its immune modulating and complement inhibiting effects, IVIG has been tested in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but due to osmotic tubular injury caused by immunoglobulin-stabilizing sugar components, lupus nephrit...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Racz Z,Nagy E,Rosivall L,Szebeni J,Hamar P

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) is an uncommon condition usually associated with maternal anti-Ro autoantibodies. The cutaneous lesions of NLE are usually transient, disappearing about six months after birth, but telangiectasia is a rare complication of NLE which persists. Telangiectasias are small focal red macule...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Guinovart RM,Vicente A,Rovira C,Suñol M,González-Enseñat MA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosing vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia in a young woman presenting mainly with skin manifestations of lupus and with no other risk factors is a major challenge. The case of a 27-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus and vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia is described. Although progression of vulvar intra...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Stepanić V,Corusić A,Matković V,Sentić M,Bosnić D,Mahovlić V

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatigue is one of the most complex and ill understood symptoms of chronic illness often reported as the number one complaint by patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of the literature on fatigue in SLE. A pool of 55 relevant articles was retrieved via elect...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Cleanthous S,Tyagi M,Isenberg DA,Newman SP

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Palisaded neutrophilic and granulomatous dermatitis (PNGD) is a commonly occurring condition related to systemic autoimmune disease. It is characterized histopathologically by a distinct pattern of granulomatous inflammation in the presence or absence of leukocytoclastic vasculitis. The properties of granulo...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Terai S,Ueda-Hayakawa I,Nguyen CTH,Ly NTM,Yamazaki F,Kambe N,Son Y,Okamoto H

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-y-old male who developed necrotic lesions on the lower extremities together with testicular thrombosis necessitating orchiectomy, demonstrated high level IgG anticardiolipin (aCL) associated with acute HIV infection. This is one of the first cases describing a close relationship between viral infection and the cl...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Leder AN,Flansbaum B,Zandman-Goddard G,Asherson R,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00