Assessing disease activity is an important part of daily practice, clinical trials and other lupus – related research. There are several tools that have been developed, but none is perfect. Each has ...

A 7-year-old girl presented to the university hospital with a 3-month history of fevers, headaches, fatigue, decreased appetite with associated weight loss, myalgias, oral ulcers, and a rash that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A thorough physical exam and attention to a patient’s medical history are integral to differentiating ...

In systemic lupus erythematosus, chronic spontaneous urticaria did not raise SLEDAI scores, but cylindruria, mucosal ulcers, ...

Vasculitis is a common complication of active lupus that affects your blood vessels. Symptoms depend on which blood vessels are involved and can range from skin issues and headaches to seizures and ...

Obinutuzumab, a humanized type II anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, provided significantly better renal responses than placebo in a phase 2 trial involving patients with lupus nephritis receiving ...

Both rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and lupus are autoimmune diseases that cause joint pain and stiffness. But RA primarily affects the joints, while lupus can affect any part of the body, including ...

Macrophage cells require agility to scavenge and digest dead cells and prevent an immune response to self. In lupus, the macrophages lose that agility, scientists report. More than 50 billion cells ...