Antimalarials as a risk factor for elevated muscle enzymes in systemic lupus erythematosus.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate traditional risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD), homocysteine, anti-oxidized low-density lipoprotein (anti-oxLDL), anti-lipoprotein lipase (anti-LPL) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) in patients with primary anti-phospholipid syndrome (APS), furthermore verify possible associati...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： de Souza AW,Silva NP,de Carvalho JF,D'Almeida V,Noguti MA,Sato EI

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of anti-prolactin autoantibodies and the relationship among anti-prolactin autoantibodies, serum prolactin (PRL) levels and lupus activity in paediatric patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) using a transversal study. One-hundred and three consecutive pae...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Blanco-Favela F,Quintal MaG,Chavez-Rueda AK,Leaños-Miranda A,Berron-Peres R,Baca-Ruiz V,Lavalle-Montalvo C

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease that can involve multiple organ systems. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) can exacerbate pre-existing SLE, and can even induce systemic manifestations. This study aimed to investigate the photoprotective habits of children with SLE and...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Janthongsri T,Wisuthsarewong W,Nitiyarom R

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Damage Index (SDI) is an accepted instrument to ascertain damage. It has been shown to vary among different SLE populations. The aim of this study was to assess SDI score, pattern and factors related to damage in Brazilian SL...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Soares M,Reis L,Papi JA,Cardoso CR

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a distinct autoimmune prothrombotic disorder due to pathogenic autoantibodies directed against proteins that bind to phospholipids. APS is characterized by arterial and venous thrombosis and their clinical sequelae. Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome (CAPS) is a rare and often fa...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Rangel ML,Alghamdi I,Contreras G,Harrington T,Thomas DB,Barisoni L,Andrews D,Wolf M,Asif A,Nayer A

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue damage associated with a severe injury can result in profound inflammatory responses that may trigger autoimmune development in lupus-prone individuals. In this study, we investigated the role of a large full-thickness cutaneous burn injury on the early onset of autoimmune disease in lupus-prone MRL/++ mice. MR...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Anam K,Amare M,Naik S,Szabo KA,Davis TA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy exists concerning the prevalence of headache in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and its importance as a neuropsychiatric manifestation, especially when it occurs independently of disease activity and with the typical characteristics of primary chronic headache. Most reports to date have either studied b...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Fernández-Nebro A,Palacios-Muñoz R,Gordillo J,Abarca-Costalago M,De Haro-Liger M,Rodríguez-Andreu J,González-Santos P

更新日期：1999-01-01 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：:This work describes the development of sideroblastic anemia (SA) during the clinical activity of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in two patients. The cases refer to two women with SLE who developed SA during a relapse of the illness. Both patients fulfilled at least four criteria of the American Association of Rheu...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Jiménez-Balderas FJ,Morales-Polanco MR,Gutierrez L

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Children with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have an increased prevalence of kidney disease compared to their adult counterparts. Our goal was to identify potential clinical and laboratory predictors of renal disease. METHODS:We performed a cohort study of incident and prevalent patients with SLE aged...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Sule SD,Moodalbail DG,Burnham J,Fivush B,Furth SL

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation and agreement of spot urine protein/creatinine (P/C) ratio with 24 h proteinuria in patients with lupus nephritis (LN) under different scores of activity index (AI). METHODS:In total, 90 pairs of 24 h urine and spot urine samples from 90 patients with bi...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Zhang Q,Sun L,Jin L

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：:Lupus nephritis during pregnancy increases morbidity and mortality for mother and baby. Flares are difficult to treat as many therapeutic options are teratogenic or fetotoxic. Steroids alone may be unable to control disease activity and are associated with higher rates of preterm delivery, sepsis and gestational diabe...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Webster P,Wardle A,Bramham K,Webster L,Nelson-Piercy C,Lightstone L

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies in adult patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have demonstrated that myocardial dysfunction was significantly associated with enhanced disease activity. However, similar studies in paediatric patients with SLE are limited. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of speckle tra...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Emara M,Hafez MA,El-Bendary A,Razaky OE

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to describe the clinical course of patients with lupus nephritis (LN) who attain a sustained remission (SR) and identify predictors of SR. A retrospective study of patients with biopsy-proven LN were followed for up to 10 years. SR was defined as normal renal function, urine protein <0.5g/day...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Barber CE,Geldenhuys L,Hanly JG

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus may present with renal manifestations that frequently are difficult to categorize and lupus nephritis is an important predictor of poor outcome. The type and spectrum of renal injury may remain undiagnosed until full-blown nephritic and/or nephrotic syndrome appear with increased risk of e...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Ortega LM,Schultz DR,Lenz O,Pardo V,Contreras GN

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system (CNS) involvement may occur in 20-70% of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients where neurological symptoms are overt; this is termed neuropsychiatric lupus or NPSLE. This review summarizes evidence that damage to the brain endothelium forming the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a contributory...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Abbott NJ,Mendonça LL,Dolman DE

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Since enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) signals have been associated with lupus disease activity in humans prior to renal failure and novel, cardiac-focused therapeutic strategies could be investigated with an associated animal model, autoimmune myocarditis was characterized in murine lupus n...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Young NA,Jablonski K,Schwarz E,Okafor I,Hampton J,Valiente GR,Henry C,Harb P,Barger J,Bratasz A,Kalyanasundaram A,Ardoin SP,Jarjour WN

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background While thrombopoeitin (TPO) agonists that act to simulate platelet production have been approved for use in steroid-refractory chronic immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP), there are few data on the safety and efficacy of these medications in patients with concurrent systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or an...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Lusa A,Carlson A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report clinical and histopathological features, treatment and outcome of 37 Croatian children with biopsy-proven lupus nephritis seen over a 30-year period. The mean age at lupus nephritis presentation was 12.11 ± 2.59 years (range 4.66-17.0). The most frequent histopathological finding was class IV (37.8%), follow...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Batinić D,Milošević D,Čorić M,Topalović-Grković M,Jelušić M,Turudić D

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Anti-ganglioside antibodies (AGA) have been associated with several peripheral neuropathies, such as Miller-Fisher syndrome, Guillain-Barré syndrome and multifocal motor neuropathy. They have also been studied in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), focusing on neuropsychiatric manifestations ...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Labrador-Horrillo M,Martinez-Valle F,Gallardo E,Rojas-Garcia R,Ordi-Ros J,Vilardell M

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a connective tissue disease where inflammatory activity affects several organ systems. An increased risk of cardiovascular disease has been identified in these patients, even after correction for traditional risk factors. The aim of the present study was to evaluate arterial stiff...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Bjarnegråd N,Bengtsson C,Brodszki J,Sturfelt G,Nived O,Länne T

更新日期：2006-01-01 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

abstract：:This review briefly defines the heat shock proteins (hsps), their classification and their functions. The hypothesis that links hsps to the development of autoimmunity is explored, together with the rationale for investigation of the relationship between hsps and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Thus, published wor...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Dhillon V,Latchman D,Isenberg D

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three cases of severe haemorrhagic rupture of luteal ovarian cyst requiring surgical haemostasis in young women treated with long-term oral anticoagulation for antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) who used no contraception. At the time of bleeding, the international normalized ratios were 3.78, 4.24, and 7.11. An...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Crétel E,Cacoub P,Huong DL,Gompel A,Amoura Z,Piette JC

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototype inflammatory autoimmune disease resulting from autoimmune responses against nuclear autoantigens. During apoptosis many lupus autoantigens congregate inside the cells and are susceptible to modifications. Modified nuclear constituents are considered foreign and dangero...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Munoz LE,van Bavel C,Franz S,Berden J,Herrmann M,van der Vlag J

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of anti-endothelial cell antibodies (AECA) in a large cohort of patients with several well defined systemic autoimmune diseases, in order to determine their relationship with the clinical and laboratory features of these diseases. METHODS:Clinical and laborat...

journal_title：Lupus

authors： Navarro M,Cervera R,Font J,Reverter JC,Monteagudo J,Escolar G,López-Soto A,Ordinas A,Ingelmo M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00