Systemic lupus erythematosus and neutropaenia: a hallmark of haematological manifestations.
Aurore MeyerAurélien GuffroyGilles BlaisonYannick DieudonneZahir AmouraBernard BonnotteChristoph FiehnPierre KiefferHannes Martin LorenzNadine Magy-BertrandFrançois MaurierJean-Louis PennaforteHans-Hartmut PeterAndreas SchwartingJean SibiliaLaurent ArnaudThierry MartinReinhard Edmund VollAnne-Sophie Korganownull nullPublished in: Lupus science & medicine (2021)
This study is to date the largest cohort to describe neutropaenia in SLE. Neutropaenia displays a strong association with other cytopaenias, suggesting a common mechanism. Chronic neutropaenia is associated with anti-Ro/SSA antibodies with or without identified Sjögren's disease.