Lupus low disease activity state as a treatment target for pediatric patients with lupus nephritis.

LLDAS is an attainable treatment target for children with lupus nephritis and associated with lower rates of kidney flare and damage. Presence of hematologic involvement, hypertension, and proliferative lupus nephritis at onset adversely influenced the early achievement of LLDAS. A higher resolution version of the Graphical abstract is available as Supplementary information.