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Assessment of lupus: where are we now?

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The treatment of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may depend on a number of different factors. SLE is an inflammatory disorder characterized by fever, weakness, joint pain or arthritis and skin lesions. Treatment may depend on the rate of change of different laboratory markers and clinical measures of disease activity. Different tests can be done to determine the level of disease activity. The most useful test may be measuring erythrocyte sedimentation rate. More specific tests include measuring blood levels of antibodies against double stranded DNA and of complement. Clinical measures of disease activity provide a more qualitative assessment of disease activity. The Systemic Lupus Activity Measure is an activity scale that can be used to assess the level of disease activity and severity. Four other activity scales can also be used.

Author: Emery, P., Hay, E., Gordon, C.
Publisher: British Medical Association
Publication Name: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4967
Year: 1993
Lupus erythematosus

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EULAR randomised controlled trial of pulse cyclophosphamide and methylprednisolone versus continuous cyclophosphamide and prednisolone followed by azathioprine and prednisolone in lupus nephritis

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The main aim of this study is to compare the efficacy between the oral continuous and intermittent pulse regimes for cyclophosphamide. It was found that there was no great difference between the two.

Author: Isenberg, D.A., Turney, J.H., Sturfelt, G., Nived, O., Adu, D., Gordon, C., Yee, C-S., Petera, P., Dostal, C., Dadoniene, J., Griffiths, B., Rozman, B., Venalis, A., Smolen, J. S., Emery P.
Publisher: British Medical Association
Publication Name: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4967
Year: 2004
Evaluation, Comparative analysis, Methylprednisolone, Cyclophosphamide, Nephritis

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The EULAR-OMERACT rheumatoid arthritis MRI reference image atlas: the metacarpophalangeal joints

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The metacarpophalangeal joint magnetic resonance images of rheumatoid arthritis are presented.

Author: Bird, P., Emery, P., Conaghan, P., Ejbjerg, B., McQueen, F., Lassere, M., Peterfy, C., Shnier, R., Ostergaard, M., O'Connor, P., Edmonds, J.
Publisher: British Medical Association
Publication Name: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0003-4967
Year: 2005
Denmark, Science & research, Research, Usage, Diagnosis, Rheumatoid arthritis, Magnetic resonance imaging, Metacarpus, Metacarpal bones

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