The impact of normal serum complement levels on the disease classification and clinical characteristics in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Ryota TakamatsuYasuhiro ShimojimaDai KishidaTakanori IchikawaYoshiki SekijimaPublished in: Advances in rheumatology (London, England) (2022)
Patients with N-com were less involved in renal manifestation and anti-dsDNA antibody positivity but had a higher incidence of fever than those with H-com, while having no disadvantage in SLE classification processes. Serum complement levels at the initial diagnosis of SLE may not predict prognosis.