Clinical and autoantibody profile in male and female patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A retrospective study in 603 Brazilian patients
| Autor: | Nícolas Gomes Silva, Natália Teixeira de Oliveira, Renato Nisihara, Thelma Larocca Skare, Thiago Alberto Fernandes Gomes Dos Santos |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0301 basic medicine
lcsh:Immunologic diseases. Allergy medicine.medical_specialty 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine immune system diseases Internal medicine medicine Rheumatoid factor skin and connective tissue diseases 030203 arthritis & rheumatology Kidney Lupus anticoagulant biology business.industry Autoantibody Retrospective cohort study Glomerulonephritis medicine.disease Rheumatology 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure biology.protein Original Article Antibody business lcsh:RC581-607 |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Rheumatology, Vol 7, Iss 4, Pp 164-168 (2020) Eur J Rheumatol |
| ISSN: | 2148-4279 2147-9720 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: Sex and ethnic background may influence the clinical and autoantibody profile in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This retrospective study aimed to compare the clinical and autoantibody profiles of male and female patients with SLE in a sample of Brazilian patients. METHODS: This was a retrospective study of 603 patients (48 males and 555 females) from a single rheumatology center. Collected clinical data included clinical findings according to the definition of 2012 Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics classification criteria, the presence of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome according to the Sydney classification criteria and autoantibody profile (anti-dsDNA, anti-Ro, anti-La, anti-Sm, anti-RNP, rheumatoid factor, anticardiolipin [aCl] IgG, aCl IgM, lupus anticoagulant, and direct antiglobulin test), and histological results of kidney biopsies. RESULTS: It was found that females had higher age at disease onset (p=0.02), more oral ulcers (p=0.001), and presented more often with alopecia (p |
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