Severe haematological involvement in children with systemic lupus erythematosus and clinical associations.
Hakan KisaogluSeher SenerKaan Can DemirbasYasemin Demir YigitPinar GaripcinSerkan CoşkunHatice Melisa KacmazRabia Miray Kisla EkinciKubra OzturkOya KokerKubra UcakSerife TuncezGulsah KilbasNihal KaracayirGulcan Ozomay BaykalSema Nur TaskınBurcu BozkayaOzge BabaSelcan DemirOzge BasaranSezgin SahinEsra BaglanNihal SahinVildan GungorerAysenur Pac KısaarslanBetul SozeriSelcuk YukselSevcan BakkalogluAyse BalatMetin Kaya GurgozeOzgur KasapcopurSeza OzenMukaddes KalyoncuPublished in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2024)
Severe haematological indices at onset are common but not related with disease outcomes. Prevention of flares is important to improve outcomes, and a more rigorous maintenance strategy would benefit most to children who display haematological indices refractory to conventional immunosuppressants and those with anti-cardiolipin antibodies.