Objective A data-driven and expert/patient consensus-based project to develop a revised Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Damage Index ...

Objectives To estimate the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in a nationwide cohort of newly diagnosed patients with SLE ...

Objectives CD163 is a macrophage-associated scavenger receptor shed during inflammatory activation, resulting in measurable ...

Objective Belimumab has been proven to be effective for treating refractory lupus nephritis. However, the meaningful renal ...

Objective Childhood-onset SLE (cSLE) is often described as more severe than adult-onset disease (aSLE) based largely on cross ...

Diagnosis of SLE is based on clinical manifestations and laboratory findings. Timely diagnosis and treatment are important to control disease activity and prevent organ damage. However, diagnosis is ...

Objective When faced with clinical symptoms of scarring alopecia—the standard diagnostic pathway involves a scalp biopsy which is an invasive and expensive procedure. This project aimed to assess if ...

Objective We aim to assess the cerebral oxygen extraction fraction (OEF) changes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and neuropsychiatric SLE (NPSLE) by using an MRI-based technique ...

Background Cognitive dysfunction (CD) is highly prevalent in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), yet the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Neuroimaging utilising advanced MRI metrics may ...

Objective Two recent important lupus nephritis trials reported that proteinuria was a good predictor of renal outcome in Caucasians, but data on real-life situation, other races and severe nephritis ...

Objective Autoimmune haemolytic anaemia (AIHA) occurs in approximately 5–10% of patients with SLE and it is traditionally associated with higher disease activity, increased damage accrual and reduced ...

Objective Complement plays a major role in SLE. Complement participation has been linked to disease activity and damage. Our objective was to estimate the association of complement behaviour with ...