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Friday, January 17, 2020
High Burden of Premature Arteriosclerosis on Renal Biopsies in Incident Lupus Nephritis
IN THE NEWS
"Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is accelerated in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis (LN). Despite the literature suggesting renal arteriosclerosis predicts CVD in other glomerulonephritis diseases, arteriosclerosis grading and reporting might be particularly overlooked in LN biopsies."
How does lupus affect white blood cells?
IN THE NEWS
How does lupus affect white blood cells?
"Leukopenia and neutropenia are very common in active lupus, "
"Leukopenia and neutropenia are very common in active lupus, "
US NEWS &WORLD REPORT--Signs of Lupus in Women
IN THE NEWS
Signs of Lupus in Women
"ANYONE CAN HAVE LUPUS, but the fact is that women have more than their fair share of this autoimmune condition. In the U.S., an estimated 1 million to 1.5 million people have lupus, and women account for about 90% of lupus diagnoses."
Signs of Lupus in Women
"ANYONE CAN HAVE LUPUS, but the fact is that women have more than their fair share of this autoimmune condition. In the U.S., an estimated 1 million to 1.5 million people have lupus, and women account for about 90% of lupus diagnoses."
Lupus News Today--Lupus Lessons: What Currencies Run Your Life?
IN THE NEWS
Lupus Lessons: What Currencies Run Your Life?
"Lupus is the giver of many lessons, and one of the most important lessons it taught me was how to value the things in my life."
"Lupus is the giver of many lessons, and one of the most important lessons it taught me was how to value the things in my life."
MedPage Today--Sjogren's Phenotype: It's Not Just One Thing Study details different presentations, influential factors
IN THE NEWS
Sjogren's Phenotype: It's Not Just One Thing Study details different presentations, influential factors
"The systemic manifestations of Sjogren's syndrome at the time of diagnosis differ according to individual patient characteristics such as sex, age, and ethnicity, a large international study found."
"This analysis confirmed that individual patient factors including age, sex, ethnicity, and residence strongly affect the systemic manifestations of Sjogren's syndrome. "Both the type of organ affected and the severity of the involvement are modulated by these geoepidemiological factors, which should be considered as critical when a personalized follow-up is planned for a patient newly diagnosed with Sjogren's syndrome," the researchers concluded."
Sjögren’s Patients Fall into 4 Distinct Groups Depending on Symptoms, Study Suggests
IN THE NEWS
Sjögren’s Patients Fall into 4 Distinct Groups Depending on Symptoms, Study Suggests
“Conventionally, patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome are thought to consist of two subtypes — those with predominantly glandular symptoms and those with extra-glandular (systemic) manifestations,” the study noted. “However, many patients do not fit neatly into these subtypes and no consensus criteria exist for such classification.”
Sjögren’s Patients Fall into 4 Distinct Groups Depending on Symptoms, Study Suggests
“Conventionally, patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome are thought to consist of two subtypes — those with predominantly glandular symptoms and those with extra-glandular (systemic) manifestations,” the study noted. “However, many patients do not fit neatly into these subtypes and no consensus criteria exist for such classification.”
"The team sorted individuals based on five common disease symptoms: pain, fatigue, dryness, anxiety, and depression. At the simplest level, the sorting was done by feeding symptom data into a computer program, which grouped individuals with similar symptoms together.
This resulted in four subgroups, which the researchers dubbed: low symptom burden (LSB), high symptom burden (HSB), dryness dominant with fatigue (DDF), and pain dominant with fatigue (PDF)."
First Potential Biomarker Identified for Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
IN THE NEWS
First Potential Biomarker Identified for Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
"New research from The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences strongly suggests postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS, is an autoimmune disorder and may help pave the way for a simple blood test that could help physicians diagnose the condition."
"In the largest study of POTS patients to date, published Sept. 9 in the Journal of the American Heart Association, Grubb and UToledo research collaborators found 89 percent of patients they examined had elevated levels of autoantibodies against the adrenergic alpha 1 receptor."
First Potential Biomarker Identified for Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
"New research from The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences strongly suggests postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS, is an autoimmune disorder and may help pave the way for a simple blood test that could help physicians diagnose the condition."
"In the largest study of POTS patients to date, published Sept. 9 in the Journal of the American Heart Association, Grubb and UToledo research collaborators found 89 percent of patients they examined had elevated levels of autoantibodies against the adrenergic alpha 1 receptor."
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