A comparative study on clinical and serological characteristics between patients with rhupus and those with systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis.

Beatriz Frade-SosaJavier NarváezTarek Carlos Salman-MonteRaul Castellanos-MoreiraVera Ortiz-SantamariaVicenç Torrente-SegarraIvan CastellviBerta MagallaresDelia ReinaSonia MinguezMeritxell SallésMaria García Manrique de LaraSergi OrdoñezElena RieraPeter H SchurJosé A Gómez-Puerta

Published in: Lupus (2020)

Rhupus patients follow a particular clinical course, with full expression of both SLE and RA in terms of organ involvement, except for a lower prevalence of kidney affection. The new 2019 EULAR/ACR SLE criteria are not useful for differentiating SLE and rhupus patients. A new way of classifying autoimmune diseases is needed to identify overlapping clusters.

Keyphrases

systemic lupus erythematosus
disease activity
rheumatoid arthritis
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
magnetic resonance imaging
risk factors
poor prognosis
peritoneal dialysis
magnetic resonance
systemic sclerosis