Complement levels and risk of organ involvement in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Ignacio Javier GandinoMarina ScolnikEmmanuel BertillerValeria ScaglioniLuis Jose CatoggioEnrique Roberto SorianoPublished in: Lupus science & medicine (2017)
Patients with constant normal complement had lower prevalence of haematological involvement and anti-dsDNA, while patients with fluctuant complement had higher renal impairment. Neither the persistent low complement nor the fluctuant complement groups had increased mortality and/or visceral damage.