Choroidal Thickness and microRNA146 in Lupus Nephritis Patients.
Shaymaa Hassan SalahHebatalla Samir MakledHany ElmekaweyFatema Talaat ElgengehyBasma M MedhatNoha M Abdel BakiDina M T KoptanPublished in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2020)
The choroidal thickness was significantly thicker among the nephritic lupus patients as compared to the non-nephritic subgroup. Both SLE patients' subgroups are thinner than normal control. Subfoveal choroidal thickening can be considered a biomarker in nephritic lupus especially in conjunction with an increase in miRNA146a. All SLE patients are at risk of small Drusen-like deposits.