Diagnosing lupus can be challenging because the disease presents so differently from one person to the next. For that reason, multiple classification systems exist today to help researchers and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ATLANTA — Limited access to supportive laboratory assays in developing countries significantly reduces the ...

SAN DIEGO — New classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), designed to more accurately identify patients for inclusion in clinical trials, demonstrate improved sensitivity and ...

Robert S. Katz, MD BOSTON—A widely used classification scheme for lupus glomerulonephritis (GN) may mask the pathologic and prognostic implications of focal segmental lupus GN, according to ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 79 years old, at a healthy weight, and I exercise often. Recently I had a blood test that showed several markers for lupus. The doctor wants to put me on hydroxychloroquine. But ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “This is the first study to report the impact of achieving — or not — the EULAR/ACR criteria on damage accrual,” ...

During the past 40 years, the formulation of criteria sets has had a major role in standardizing the classification of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The latest attempt to achieve ...

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kidneys Study findings support the utility of the 2019 EULAR/ACR classification in everyday nephrology clinical practice. The 2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology ...

Lupus is thought to develop when your body's immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own tissues rather than protecting them from outside invaders. Immune proteins called autoantibodies attack ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am 79 years old, at a healthy weight, and I exercise often. Recently I had a blood test that showed several markers for lupus. The doctor wants to put me on hydroxychloroquine. But ...