Serum calcification propensity is independently associated with disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Suzan DahdalVasilios DevetzisGeorge ChalikiasDimitrios TziakasCarlo ChizzoliniCamillo RibiMarten TrendelenburgUte EisenbergerThomas HauserAndreas PaschUyen Huynh-DoSpyridon Arampatzisnull nullPublished in: PloS one (2018)
Disease activity and T50 are closely associated. Moreover, T50 levels identify a subgroup of SLE patients with ongoing systemic inflammation as mirrored by increased disease activity. T50 could be a promising biomarker reflecting SLE disease activity and might offer an earlier detection tool for high-risk patients.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- end stage renal disease
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- randomized controlled trial
- prognostic factors
- clinical trial
- patient reported outcomes
- label free
- real time pcr
- phase iii
- study protocol
- double blind