Background In adults with active lupus nephritis, the efficacy and safety of intravenous
belimumab as compared with placebo, when added to standard therapy (mycophenolate mofetil …

Systemic lupus erythematosus is a complex and potentially fatal autoimmune disease,
characterized by autoantibody production and multi-organ damage. By a genome-wide …

Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a chronic multisystem autoimmune disease
with a wide spectrum of manifestations, shows considerable variation across the globe, …

Objective To determine the incidence of ovarian failure after cyclophosphamide (CYC)
treatment for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to identify the risk factors for this …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a worldwide autoimmune disease with high heritability,
shows differences in prevalence, severity and age of onset among different ancestral …

Objective To compare the incidence and risk factors for thromboembolic events in systemic
lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients of different ethnic backgrounds. Methods SLE patients …

The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) initiative organized a Controversies
Conference on glomerular diseases in November 2017. The conference focused on the …

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… Chi Chiu Mok, … Chi Hung To … Correspondence to Dr Chi Chiu Mok, Department of
Medicine, Tuen Mun and Pok Oi Hospital, New Territories, Hong Kong, SAR China; ccmok2005{at}…

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototype autoimmune disease with a strong genetic
involvement and ethnic differences. Susceptibility genes identified so far only explain a …