Lupus Nephritis, Autoantibody Production and Kidney Outcomes in Males with Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

• Main Authors: Scott E. Wenderfer (Author), Alvaro Orjuela (Author), Mir Reza Bekheirnia (Author), Maria Pereira (Author), Eyal Muscal (Author), Michael C. Braun (Author), Marietta De Guzman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) only represents 20% of all SLE patients, and males with SLE only represent 10%. To study this rare SLE subset, males diagnosed with cSLE over a 30-year period were identified. Organ involvement, autoantibody production, hypocomplementemia, and kidn...