Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus in the Sultanate of Oman: clinical and immunological comparison between familial and non-familial cases.

abstract：:Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) is effective in the treatment of patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We sought to evaluate its efficacy in reducing the number of disease flares in adults with SLE. For this retrospective study, all patients seen at our institution over a six year period, 1999-2005, wit...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Nannini C,Crowson CS,Matteson EL,Moder KG

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, relapsing-remitting autoimmune disorder that involves multiple organ systems including the central nervous system. Among the items included in the nomenclature for neuropsychiatric SLE, mood disorders have been identified. The aim of this paper is to review the...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Palagini L,Mosca M,Tani C,Gemignani A,Mauri M,Bombardieri S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-organ inflammatory disorder mainly affecting women and is associated with high cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. We tested the utility of a comprehensive cardiovascular magnetic resonance approach to assess myocardial involvement and to determine its relation to dise...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Abdel-Aty H,Siegle N,Natusch A,Gromnica-Ihle E,Wassmuth R,Dietz R,Schulz-Menger J

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

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：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that can have many cutaneous manifestations including malar rash, discoid rash or oral ulcer. Isolated unilateral involvement of face is uncommon in SLE. It lacks typical clinical features of LE, and may impose a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. H...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Ha DL,Lee GW,Shin K,Kim HS,Ko HC,Kim BS,Kim MB

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Subepidermal bullous lesions and toxic epidermal necrolysis-like (TEN-like) lesions can occur in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). In this report, we describe a case of a patient previously diagnosed with SLE who experienced TEN-like skin lesions with unusual subacute progression in the contex...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Yildirim Cetin G,Sayar H,Ozkan F,Kurtulus S,Kesici F,Sayarlioglu M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corrigendum to A North American perspective of content and quality of websites in the English language on childhood-onset lupus erythematosus by C Cutler et al. Published in Lupus (2018) 27, 762-770. DOI: 10.1177/0961203317746246 . The authors wish to highlight the following correction. The subheading in Table 5 shoul...

journal_title：Lupus

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更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), an autoimmune condition with diverse clinical manifestations, is reported to have different expression in populations of different ancestry. Most previous studies compared patients of different ethnic groups from geographically distinct cohorts. In our study, we aimed to ch...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Golder V,Connelly K,Staples M,Morand E,Hoi A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormalities of the lipid profile partly explain the atherogenic tendency of systemic lupus erythematosus but the picture is unclear in thrombotic primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAPS). Herein we compare the lipid profile, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), total cholesterol (CHO), apol...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Ames PR,Matsuura E,Batuca JR,Ciampa A,Lopez LL,Ferrara F,Iannaccone L,Alves JD

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a 76-week, randomized controlled trial, patients received 100 mg LJP 394 or placebo weekly for 16 weeks followed by three 12-week treatment cycles of 50 mg LJP 394 or placebo weekly each separated by eight-week periods when no therapy was administered. Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) was assessed using SF-36...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Strand V,Aranow C,Cardiel MH,Alarcón-Segovia D,Furie R,Sherrer Y,Tumlin J,Wallace DJ,Crawford B,LJP 394 Investigator Consortium.

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Cyclophosphamide (CYC) is used in severe neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus (NPSLE), but long-term data regarding its efficacy and safety are lacking. We identified NPSLE cases who received CYC from two centres during the period 1999-2013 and had regular follow-up. General and neuropsychiatric outcome at la...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Fanouriakis A,Pamfil C,Sidiropoulos P,Damian L,Flestea A,Gusetu G,Rednic S,Bertsias G,Boumpas DT

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although the survival rate has considerably improved, many patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) develop irreversible organ damage. OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this paper are to characterize cumulative damage in SLE patients and identify variables associated with its presence and severity. METH...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Gonçalves MJ,Sousa S,Inês LS,Duarte C,Borges J,Silva C,Romão VC,Terroso G,Bernardes M,Cerqueira M,Raposo A,Sequeira G,Barcelos A,Macieira C,Canas da Silva J,Costa L,Pereira da Silva JA,Cunha-Miranda L,Da Silva JA,Ca

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe seven patients who developed malignancy before, after or at the onset of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). They comprise three cases of breast adenocarcinoma, two cases of Hodgkin's lymphoma, and one each of cholangiocarcinoma and thymoma. Only one of this group had been treated with cytotoxic agents, an...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Menon S,Snaith ML,Isenberg DA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objectives of this paper are to compare sexual function and distress in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and in healthy controls; to determine the association between disease characteristics, quality of life, psychopathology and sexual function; and to compare sexual function and distress of ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： García Morales M,Callejas Rubio JI,Peralta-Ramírez MI,Henares Romero LJ,Ríos Fernández R,Camps García MT,Navarrete Navarrete N,Ortego Centeno N

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilizing this unique animal model of thrombosis we demonstrated that human (IgG, IgM or IgA) polyclonal and monoclonal antiphospholipid antibodies derived from APS patients have a significant enhancing effect on thrombus formation. This effect is reversed by treatment of the mice with hydroxychloroquine (plaquenil). ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Pierangeli SS,Harris EN

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:GlycA is a novel marker of systemic inflammation detected by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. In the general population, GlycA is correlated with inflammatory markers such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and associated with coronary heart disease and diabetes. The utility of GlycA in patients with ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Chung CP,Ormseth MJ,Connelly MA,Oeser A,Solus JF,Otvos JD,Raggi P,Stein CM

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of recurrent cerebral infarctions in a 42-year-old woman affected by polyarteritis nodosa and antiphospholipid syndrome is reported. Two-dimensional echocardiography revealed grossly thickened mitral valve leaflets, possibly related to the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies. Thus, an embolic source at mitr...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Morelli S,Perrone C,Paroli M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lupus nephritis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Traditional outcome criteria such as doubling of serum creatinine, end-stage renal disease and death have been used in controlled therapeutic trials, but are limited by their low incidence and the extended p...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Boumpas DT,Balow JE

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no report about the association between GATA3 rs3824662 polymorphism and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). OBJECTIVE:To investigate the possible role of GATA3 rs3824662 polymorphism as a susceptibility risk factor for either adult SLE (aSLE) or pediatric SLE (pSLE) and to evaluate its role in the...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Mosaad YM,Hammad A,Elghzaly AA,Tawhid ZME,Hammad EM,Showma A,Abdelsalam R,Elmoughy A,Fawzy IM,Anber N

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an infant with anticardiolipin (aCL) antibodies who presented with erythematous nodular skin lesions and elevated liver enzyme levels. The cutaneous manifestation was histologically lymphocytic lobular panniculitis with vasculitic and hemorrhagic changes. The infant also had low levels of anti-double strande...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Miyagawa S,Uchida Y,Taira K,Higuchi M,Hashimoto K,Yoshioka A,Shirai T

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and nature of headaches in 85 systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients attending an outpatient clinic were studied and compared to those experienced by 61 nurses. The two groups were similar in age, sex and ethnicity. Test-retest assessment of reliability gave both groups 95% confidence limits of 0.09...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Whitelaw DA,Hugo F,Spangenberg JJ,Rickman R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaccination has been perhaps the most important achievement in medicine of the last century. A hoard of infectious diseases that used to claim the lives of many, especially children, have been prevented and some even eradicated. However, it is possible that within this gift there is hidden a 'Trojan Horse'. During the...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Aron-Maor A,Shoenfeld Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), the majority of which are directed against beta(2)-glycoprotein I (beta(2)GPI), are associated with an increased incidence of venous and arterial thrombosis. The pathogenesis of antiphospholipid/anti-beta(2)GPI-associated thrombosis has not been defined, and is likely multifactorial....

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Cockrell E,Espinola RG,McCrae KR

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tubulointerstitial injury is found frequently in lupus nephritis. Immune complex deposits can occur in the tubular basement membranes (TBMs), although its significance in lupus nephritis patients remains unclear. This study assessed the clinical and prognostic features of lupus nephritis patients with TBM deposits in ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Wang H,Xu J,Zhang X,Ren YL,Cheng M,Guo ZL,Zhang JC,Cheng H,Xing GL,Wang SX,Yu F,Zhao MH

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the occurrence of visceral leishmaniasis in three patients coming from the northern part of Italy treated with immunosuppressive drugs for different rheumatic conditions. This paper highlights the importance of adequate work-up in those patients presenting with serious clinical manifestations that can compli...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Castellino G,Govoni M,Lo Monaco A,Montecucco C,Colombo F,Trotta F

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated obstetric outcomes and comorbidities during pregnancy in females with preexisting lupus nephritis (LN) and identified predictors for renal flare. In cases of renal flare during pregnancy, we assessed the long-term post-delivery renal outcome. We performed a retrospective analysis of 183 systemic lupus ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Koh JH,Ko HS,Lee J,Jung SM,Kwok SK,Ju JH,Park SH

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Complement activation is central to the pathogenesis of lupus nephritis (LN). Low serum complement C3 and C4, are traditionally used as markers of lupus disease activity in general and LN in particular. In this study we prospectively measured plasma and urine C3d and C4d, degradation products of C3 and C4 ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Ganguly S,Majumder S,Kumar S,Gupta R,Muhammed H,Shobha V,Aggarwal A,Misra R

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardio-pulmonary manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are well recognized in adults. We report the occurrence of clinically significant cardio-pulmonary disease in a cohort of predominantly Caucasian children with SLE. All children with SLE attending the Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust between 199...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Beresford MW,Cleary AG,Sills JA,Couriel J,Davidson JE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to describe characteristics of children admitted with pericardial effusion (PCE) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and determine the association between PCE and outcomes of interest. METHODS:We performed a retrospective cohort study of the Pediatric Health Information System (PHIS). Patients w...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Dalby ST,Tang X,Daily JA,Sukumaran S,Collins RT,Bolin EH

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00