Abstract Background: Nephritis occurs frequently in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and may worsen disease morbidity and mortality. Knowing all characteristics of this manifestation helps to a prompt recognition and treatment. Aim: To compare the differences in clinical data, serological profile and...
Abstract Background: Urinary parameters, anti-dsDNA antibodies and complement tests were explored in patients with childhood-Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (cSLE) early-onset lupus nephritis (ELN) from a large multicenter cohort study. Methods: Clinical and laboratory features of cSLE cases with kidney i...
Abstract Objective: To evaluate periodontal tissue condition on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients and its characteristics. Material and Methods: This descriptive and cross-sectional study involved 61 SLE patients. Clinical examination of the oral cavity was performed using periodontal index (...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic systematic autoimmune disease. Current methods of diagnosing SLE or evaluating its activity are complex and expensive. Numerous studies have suggested that neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is closely correlated with the presence of SLE and its activity,...
This study aimed to systematically review neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) and establish a simplified diagnostic criterion for NPSLE. Publications from 1994 to 2018 in the database (Wanfang data (http://www.wanfangdata.com.cn/index.html) and China National Knowledge Internet (http://www.cnki....
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease associated with an aberrant activation of immune cells partly due to the dysfunction of cytokines such as type I interferons (IFNs). Long non-coding RNA MALAT1 has been found to play a pathogenic role in SLE; however, the underlying mechanisms a...
O Lúpus Eritematoso Sistêmico (LES) é uma desordem reumática, crônica-inflamatória sistêmica e autoimune, mediada pela forte resposta anticorpo-antígeno, sob diversas formas de manifestação. Sua incidência e prevalência têm crescido mundialmente, sendo assim uma doença que ganhou destaque m...
Introducción: El lupus eritematoso sistémico es el modelo clásico de enfermedad autoinmune. En el desarrollo de la enfermedad intervienen varios tipos de inmunoglobulinas, con predominio de la IgG, IgM e IgA. Objetivo: Describir la utilidad del cociente albúmina/globulina como un indicador de activi...
Hipergammaglobulinemia/diagnóstico,
Enfermedades Autoinmunes,
Hipoalbuminemia,
Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico/diagnóstico,
Proteinuria,
Inmunoglobulina A/análisis,
Oportunidad Relativa,
Inmunoglobulina G/análisis,
Inmunoglobulina M/análisis,
Albúminas/análisis,
Síndrome Nefrótico
El síndrome de Eisenmenger es un trastorno multisistémico caracterizado por hipertensión pulmonar con inversión o bidireccionalidad del flujo a través de una comunicación intracardiaca o aortopulmonar. El propósito de este estudio es dar a conocer las características generales del síndrome de Ei...
We report the case of a 54 years old woman with antiphospholipid syndrome in irregular therapy, admitted due to exertional dyspnea and orthopnea. The transthoracic echocardiogram showed dilated cardiomyopathy with biventricular systolic dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension and masses related to the pulmon...
