Article
Arthritis and nephritis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Feb 1991
Kaplan D, Ginzler E M, Feldman J
Abstract excerpt
Previous publications suggest that in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid factor (RF) may be "protective" against nephritis. In our study of 662 patients with SLE, we found that persistent, rheumatoid-like arthritis showed a much stronger inverse correlation with nephritis than RF. Of 186 such patients, 59 developed clinically evident nephritis (32%) compared to 263 of the other 476...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Antibodies, Antinuclear
- Arthritis
- Complement C3
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- HLA-DR4 Antigen
- Humans
- Incidence
- Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic