Monitoring children with systemic lupus erythematosus in clinical practice
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-428X.2015.21.003
- VernacularTitle:儿童系统性红斑狼疮缓解期的临床监测
- Author:
Wei YIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Child;
Remission;
Systemic lupus erythematosus;
Assessment;
Quality of life
- From:
Chinese Journal of Applied Clinical Pediatrics
2015;(21):1607-1610
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE)is a multisystem autoimmune rheumatic disease characterized by flares and remissions. SLE has protean and often complex manifestations,necessitating careful clinical assessment. Not all clinical problems reported by a lupus child are due to the disease. Some may be a consequence of therapy and others may be unrelated to lupus. Therefore it is important to understand the totality of the effect of the disease on the patient. In order to do this measures are needed which distinguish current,potentially reversible disease activity,perma-nent organ damage and the effect of the disease on the children's health status. This paper discuss the current measures available to assess disease activity and damage in SLE.
