Recurrent urinary tract infections and bladder dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus.

abstract：:The undigested remnants of apoptosis are believed to stimulate the generation of autoantibodies in lupus. The biological properties of initiator, disease-specific IgM antibodies that specifically recognize apoptotic cells, readily detected in the sera of lupus patients, remain unclear. Apoptotic cell-reactive IgM mono...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Malik M,Arora P,Sachdeva R,Sharma L,Ramachandran VG,Pal R

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective The objective of this article is to examine the quality, content, and readability of information and resources in the English language and accessible on the internet by pediatric patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and their families in North America. Methods Keywords relevant to SLE were genera...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Cutler C,Peng T,Stinson J,Tucker L,Boneparth A,Klein Gitelman M,Moorthy LN

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 26-year-old Japanese female presented to us with a 2-year history of multiple arc-shaped erythematous lesions on her scalp and the right side of her forehead. Histopathological examination of two of the lesions showed lobular and septal panniculitis with deposits of IgG in the basement membrane zone. We diagnosed th...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Tsuzaka S,Ishiguro N,Akashi R,Kawashima M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) for ANCA-associated vasculitides (AAV) is based on indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) on ethanol-fixed neutrophils and reactivity toward myeloperoxidase (MPO) and proteinase 3 (PR3). According to the international consensus for ANCA testing, presence of ANCA sho...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Avery TY,Bons J,van Paassen P,Damoiseaux J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent accumulated evidence suggests that prolactin (PRL) is an important immunomodulator and might have a role in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Our aim was to assess the frequency of hyperprolactinemia in women with SLE and to evaluate its correlation with disease activity. PRL plasma levels...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Jimena P,Aguirre MA,López-Curbelo A,de Andrés M,Garcia-Courtay C,Cuadrado MJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine if neurometabolic changes in the white matter (WM) of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients may predict the appearance of small hyperintense lesions on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) inside the magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) region of interest (ROI). We included 30 SLE patients ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Appenzeller S,Li LM,Costallat LT,Cendes F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has not been fully explored in antiphospholipid syndrome (APS); therefore, we compared HRQoL between APS patients and the general population and assessed the impact of thromboembolic history. METHODS:HRQoL was measured in a multicentre cohort study by the Medical Outco...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Zuily S,Rat AC,Regnault V,Kaminsky P,Mismetti P,Ninet J,Baillet N,Magy-Bertrand N,Pasquali JL,Lambert M,Pasquier E,Lorcerie B,Lecompte T,Guillemin F,Wahl D,TAC(I)T investigators.

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted an open-labeled, prospective study to determine the efficacy and safety of tacrolimus as an alternative therapeutic option for those patients with refractory lupus nephritis. The study population comprised one male and eight female patients with diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis. All patients had fail...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Lee T,Oh KH,Joo KW,Kim YS,Ahn C,Han JS,Kim S,Chin HJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perinatal thrombosis in infants born to mothers with antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) is a rare event, but with risk of death or severe sequelae. We analysed 16 infants with such perinatal thrombosis reported in the literature in the last 20 years. Thromboses were arterial (13/16), mostly strokes (8/16). Hydrops feta...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Boffa MC,Lachassinne E

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectives The objective of this paper is to study the time trend and risk factors of avascular bone necrosis (AVN) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods Between 1999 and 2014, patients who fulfilled the ACR criteria for SLE and developed symptomatic AVN were identified from our cohort database ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Tse SM,Mok CC

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is well documented. The pericardium, myocardium and endocardium, as well as the coronary arteries, the valves and the conduction system can all be affected. While pericarditis is common, arrythmias are less frequently described.We present a 13-year-old male, wh...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Fogaça da Mata M,Rebelo M,Sousa HS,Rocha A,Miguel P,Oliveira Ramos F,Costa-Reis P

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D deficiency has been described in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). BsmI VDR (vitamin D receptor) gene polymorphism was associated with SLE in Asian patients. Studies in Brazilian populations have not been realized. A case-control study with 195 SLE patients and 201 healthy controls was conducted to investi...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Monticielo OA,Brenol JC,Chies JA,Longo MG,Rucatti GG,Scalco R,Xavier RM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) play a main role in inducing acute phase protein production by hepatocytes. This study describes the serum levels of TNF alpha and IL-6 in relation to serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and alpha 1-acid glycoprotein (alpha 1AG) in three systemic lu...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Meijer C,Huysen V,Smeenk RT,Swaak AJ

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to use transthoracic Doppler echocardiographic (TTE) imaging methods to identify cardiac dysfunction, an indicator of subclinical atherosclerosis in asymptomatic systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients in terms of cardiac effects. This study involved 80 patients: a study group (n = 50) an...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Barutcu A,Aksu F,Ozcelik F,Barutcu CA,Umit GE,Pamuk ON,Altun A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to explore the risk factors for 'severe' neuropsychiatric (NP) flare in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHODS:This retrospective study comprised newly diagnosed 184 adult SLE patients who visited Hokkaido University Hospital between 2006 and 2017. In this study, severe NP...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Aso K,Kono M,Kono M,Watanabe T,Shimizu Y,Ogata Y,Fujieda Y,Kato M,Oku K,Amengual O,Yasuda S,Atsumi T

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to explore the association between tumor necrosis factor superfamily number 4 (TNFSF4) rs1234315, rs2205960 polymorphisms and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) susceptibility. METHODS:A meta-analysis was performed on the association between rs1234315 and rs2205960 polymorphisms an...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Wang JM,Yuan ZC,Huang AF,Xu WD

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study is to determine if digital vasculitis (DV), a clinical manifestation with a high systemic lupus erythematosus disease activity index (SLEDAI) score, is associated with lupus severity. DV and other clinical manifestations defined according to the SLEDAI were evaluated in 168 consecutive pati...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Gomes C,Carvalho JF,Borba EF,Borges CT,Vendramini MB,Bueno C,Costa LP,Bonfá E

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective We aimed to evaluate the relationship between telomere length and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods PUBMED and EMBASE databases were searched; meta-analyses were performed comparing telomere length in SLE patients and healthy controls, and on SLE patients in subgroups based on ethnicity, sample typ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Lee YH,Jung JH,Seo YH,Kim JH,Choi SJ,Ji JD,Song GG

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:Our objective was to investigate whether quality of life in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) differs across ethnoracial groups and to identify factors that may explain race-related differences. Self-administered questionnaire data from 335 White, 40 Black, and 30 Asian women with SLE were obtained from a multi-cente...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Devins GM,Edworthy SM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24 year old female with hereditary spastic paraplegia presented with intermittent headache for one year. She also had lower abdominal pain and vomiting for two months. She was pale, had icterus and mild splenomegaly. On diagnostic evaluation she was found to have hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia and bilateral adre...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Abdulla MC,Alungal J,Hashim S,Ali MM,Musambil M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells traffic in both directions between the fetus and the mother during pregnancy. Recent studies indicate that a low level of fetal cells commonly persists in the maternal circulation for years after pregnancy completion. The harboring of DNA or cells from another individual at low levels is called microchimerism. C...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Nelson JL

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:In search of markers of disease activity in patients with SLE we have investigated blood lymphocyte subsets from a large cohort of patient. Seventy-one patients were studied using a well-defined panel of fluorescent monoclonal antibodies which recognize the major T, B and NK lymphocyte subsets and activated cells. Flo...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Erkeller-Yüsel F,Hulstaart F,Hannet I,Isenberg D,Lydyard P

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate two patients with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) who suffered from multiple repeated pregnancy losses of probably genetically impaired embryos. Sera from these patients contained high levels of IgG antibodies against cardiolipin, IgG and IgM phosphatidyl inositol, IgG phosphat...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Ulcova-Gallova Z

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results for lupus anticoagulant (LA) are expressed as ratio of patient-to-normal clotting times (LA-ratio) according to the equation LA-ratio = (Patient(Clotting time)/Normal(Clotting time)). However, numerical results vary according to the method used for testing, thus making difficult the between-method and between-...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Tripodi A,Chantarangkul V,Pengo V

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a severe chronic inflammatory autoimmune connective tissue disease. Despite major efforts, SLE remains a poorly understood disease with unpredictable course, unknown etiology and complex pathogenesis. Apoptosis combined with deficiency in clearing apoptotic cells is an important e...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Delfani P,Sturfelt G,Gullstrand B,Carlsson A,Kassandra M,Borrebaeck CA,Bengtsson AA,Wingren C

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease, leading to the formation of pro-inflammatory and pro-oxidative lipids that generate an immune response. Several antigens have been shown to activate the immune response and affect the development of atherogenesis. Systemic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune and inflammator...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Carvalho JF,Pereira RM,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and correlates of fibromyalgia (FM) in a prospective, multiethnic systemic lupus (SLE) cohort. A total of 266 SLE patients with disease duration of < or = 5 years at study entry were evaluated longitudinally for the presence of FM (per ACR criteria). Sociodemog...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Friedman AW,Tewi MB,Ahn C,McGwin G Jr,Fessler BJ,Bastian HM,Baethge BA,Reveille JD,Alarcón GS,LUMINA Study Group.

更新日期：2003-01-01 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