In persons with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), incident thrombotic events are associated with a somewhat high risk of acute work loss and musculoskeletal manifestations and neuropsychiatric events with more delayed work loss.
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In persons with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), incident thrombotic events are associated with a somewhat high risk of acute work loss and musculoskeletal manifestations and neuropsychiatric events with more delayed work loss. More »
Glucocorticoid (GC) therapy remains important in improving the prognosis of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). However, some patients do not achieve an effective response with GC treatment, creating an obstacle to the remission of SLE. Identification of the underlying mechanisms responsible for steroid-resistance can be significant. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) arouses our interest because of its reciprocal relationship with GCs. In the present study, we for the first time
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Extended report. Transancestral mapping of the MHC region in systemic lupus erythematosus identifies new independent and interacting loci at. ... Objectives Systemic lupus erythematosus ( SLE) is a chronic multisystem genetically complex autoimmune
Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Although autopsy studies have documented that the heart is affected in most SLE patients, clinical manifestations occur in less than 10%. QT dispersion is a new parameter that can be used to assess homogeneity of cardiac repolarization and autonomic function. We compared the increase in QT dispersion in SLE patients with high disease activity and mild or moderate disease activity.|Patients with systemic
We aimed to investigate whether the effect size of the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) risk alleles varies across European subpopulations.|We aimed to investigate whether the effect size of the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) risk alleles varies across European subpopulations.
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