Brief Report: How Do Patients With Newly Diagnosed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Present? A Multicenter Cohort of Early Systemic Lupus Erythematosus to Inform the Development of New Classification Criteria.
Marta MoscaKaren H CostenbaderSindhu R JohnsonValentina LorenzoniGian Domenico SebastianiBimba F HoyerSandra NavarraEloisa S BonfaRosalind Ramsey-GoldmanJorge Medina-RosasMatteo PigaChiara TaniSara K TedeschiThomas DörnerMartin AringerZahi ToumaPublished in: Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) (2018)
In this multicenter cohort, clinical manifestations that could help to distinguish early SLE from SLE-mimicking conditions were identified. These findings may aid in earlier SLE diagnosis and provide information for ongoing initiatives to revise SLE classification criteria.