RHEUM || Lupus/Connective Tissue Diseases

T cells remain best urinary biomarker for lupus nephritis

Posted on: 21/04/2015 - 16:25

T cells are still the most accurate urinary biomarker for lupus nephritis, reported Katharina Kopetschke and her coauthors. In a study of 123 lupus p... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Antimalarial drugs reduced instances of metabolic syndrome in lupus patients

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 22:01

The antimalarial drug chloroquine (Aralen) reduced the frequency of metabolic syndrome in young adult premenopausal systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Corticosteroid use by lupus patients increased risk of organ damage

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 21:00

Larger doses of the corticosteroid prednisone increased the risk of developing organ damage in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), accor... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

MMF and CYC treat different aspects of SLE

Posted on: 07/04/2015 - 17:09

There are important differences in how mycophenolate mofetil and cyclophosphamide treat patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, according to Dr. T... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Blacks, Hispanics less likely than whites to receive pre-ESRD care

Posted on: 27/02/2015 - 16:27

Black and Hispanic patients with end-stage renal disease caused by lupus nephritis were 27% less likely to receive pre-ESRD care than were their white... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Screen for hematologic cancers in SLE

Posted on: 14/02/2015 - 21:40

SNOWMASS, COLO. – A full decade after a large multicenter study identified non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma as the major cancer risk associated with SLE, it... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Periostin has potential as biomarker in lupus nephritis

Posted on: 27/01/2015 - 21:48

Periostin stains correlated with chronicity index scores and renal functions in lupus nephritis patients and may be an effective biomarker, according ... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Lupus doesn’t predict poor hip or knee arthroplasty outcomes

Posted on: 27/01/2015 - 17:50

Systematic lupus erythematosus is not a risk factor for poor outcomes after total hip or knee arthroplasty, according to Dr. Ummara H. Shah and her as... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

For lupus nephritis patients, proteinuria is best predictor of renal outcomes

Posted on: 23/01/2015 - 18:28

Measuring proteinuria 12 months into a clinical trial is the best way to predict long-term renal outcomes in lupus nephritis patients, according to re... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Antibody hallmark for lupus challenged by study

Posted on: 20/01/2015 - 14:29

The findings of a new study challenge the importance of anti–double stranded DNA antibodies as a diagnostic hallmark for lupus. The assessment of different anti–double stranded DNA (dsDNA) antibody...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

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