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MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY
Vol.12 No.3 |
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Extremely high levels of C-reactive protein
in patients with acute lupus serositis |
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| K. Ueki1, H. Ikeuchi1, F. Ota1, M. Yokoo1, S.
Tamura1, Y. Kaneko1, T. Kuroiwa1, Y. Tsukada1, A. Maezawa1, Y. Nojima1 |
| (1)Third Department of Internal Medicine, Gunma
University School of Medicine, 3-39-15 Showa, Maebashi 371-8511,
Japan |
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| Abstract We present the cases of two patients
(19- and 40-year-old women) with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
who showed marked elevation of C-reactive protein (CRP). In both
patients, pleural and/or peritoneal effusions were caused by lupus
serositis. Methylprednisolone pulse therapy was effective in improving
the serositis and normalizing CRP. Although it is generally considered
that the CRP response is relatively weak in lupus patients, these
cases suggest that a strong CRP response can occur in a subset of
SLE. |
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| Key words |
| Key words C-reactive protein (CRP) ・ Serositis
・ Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) |
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