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...
Fixed-interval, repeat-dose rituximab is an effective maintenance therapy for patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis, a retrospective study reports.
The study helps to inform the ideal duration of...
Women with lupus and a history of preeclampsia have almost fourfold higher odds of subsequent heart disease as measured by coronary artery calcium than do women with the disease who never had...
Women with lupus and a history of preeclampsia have almost fourfold higher odds of subsequent heart disease as measured by coronary artery calcium than do women with the disease who never had...
BOSTON - Among 839 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and no evidence of lupus nephritis at the time of diagnosis, the presence of discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) at SLE onset was...
BOSTON - Among 839 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and no evidence of lupus nephritis at the time of diagnosis, the presence of discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) at SLE onset was...
PHILADELPHIA – Renal biopsies are a useful tool for optimizing outcomes in pregnant patients with active lupus nephritis, according to Dr. Derek M. Fine.
Although caution is advisable, a general...
PHILADELPHIA – Renal biopsies are a useful tool for optimizing outcomes in pregnant patients with active lupus nephritis, according to Dr. Derek M. Fine.
Although caution is advisable, a general...
BOSTON – It took 10 years to find out that mycophenolate mofetil and azathioprine are comparable as maintenance therapies for patients with lupus nephritis, at least in a European population.
Or as...
BOSTON – Two investigational monoclonal antibodies, each targeting a different cytokine, showed good activity against systemic lupus erythematosus in two separate studies presented at the annual...