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MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY
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Long-term remission in three patients with childhood-onset
systemic lupus erythematosus
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| Masaaki Mori1 , Yoshinori Kobayashi1, Takako
Miyamae1, Tomoyuki Imagawa1, Shigeki Katakura1, Toshihiro Mitsuda1,
Yukoh Aihara1 and Shumpei Yokota1 |
| (1) Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama City
University School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama,
236-0004, Japan |
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| Received: 03 October 2002 Accepted: 20 January
2003 |
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| Abstract |
| Three cases of childhood-onset systemic lupus
erythematosus (childhood SLE) with long-term remission are reported.
These cases were not complicated with collagen diseases and had no
SLE disease activity index scores either 3 or 5 years after onset.
We suggest that some patients with childhood SLE may be able to abandon
the maintenance therapy, and that careful observation is needed for
each individual case. Uniform remission criteria based on clinical
trials are needed. |
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| Key words |
| Childhood - Criteria - Long-term remission
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) |
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