TY - JOUR
T1 - Distinctive clinical features of pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus in three different age classes
AU - Pluchinotta, F. R.
AU - Schiavo, B.
AU - Vittadello, F.
AU - Martini, G.
AU - Perilongo, G.
AU - Zulian, Francesco
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - It is estimated that around 20% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have their onset in childhood but there have been conflicting data about the prevalence and severity of the clinical features in different age classes. We conducted this study to analyse the clinical features of patients with pediatric SLE (pSLE) with onset in infancy, prepubertal and postpubertal age. The charts of patients followed at the Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua, who met the criteria for SLE diagnosis, were reviewed. Patients were divided into three groups based on age at disease onset: group A, patients ≤2 years old, group B patients aged between 2 and 10 years, group C patients between 11 and 16 years of age. The clinical and laboratory characteristics of each group were compared. Forty-two patients with pSLE entered the study: 2 were diagnosed before the age of 2 years, 11 between 2 and 10 years and 29 between 10 and 16 years. Eleven more patients with infantile (onset
AB - It is estimated that around 20% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have their onset in childhood but there have been conflicting data about the prevalence and severity of the clinical features in different age classes. We conducted this study to analyse the clinical features of patients with pediatric SLE (pSLE) with onset in infancy, prepubertal and postpubertal age. The charts of patients followed at the Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua, who met the criteria for SLE diagnosis, were reviewed. Patients were divided into three groups based on age at disease onset: group A, patients ≤2 years old, group B patients aged between 2 and 10 years, group C patients between 11 and 16 years of age. The clinical and laboratory characteristics of each group were compared. Forty-two patients with pSLE entered the study: 2 were diagnosed before the age of 2 years, 11 between 2 and 10 years and 29 between 10 and 16 years. Eleven more patients with infantile (onset
KW - Child
KW - Infant
KW - Outcome
KW - Systemic lupus erythematosus
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U2 - 10.1177/0961203307080636
DO - 10.1177/0961203307080636
M3 - Article
C2 - 17711887
AN - SCOPUS:34548431050
VL - 16
SP - 550
EP - 555
JO - Lupus
JF - Lupus
SN - 0961-2033
IS - 8
ER -