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Complement levels and risk of organ involvement in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Ignacio Javier GandinoMarina ScolnikEmmanuel BertillerValeria ScaglioniLuis Jose CatoggioEnrique Roberto Soriano
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • risk factors
  • oxidative stress
  • insulin resistance
  • cardiovascular events
  • type diabetes
  • adipose tissue