It’s estimated to affect 1.89 to 34.1 children per 100,000. Lupus can cause many different symptoms that range from mild to severe. Pediatric lupus tends to cause more severe symptoms than SLE ...

No laboratory feature of SLE in children or adults uniquely distinguishes the disease at different ages. In both, adults and children, the diagnosis is strongly suggested by the constellation of ...

SLE usually occurs in adults and adolescents but can also begin in childhood. When it occurs in children, it is known as childhood onset SLE (cSLE). cSLE is an inflammatory condition that affects ...

School healthcare providers serve an essential role in properly identifying children with lupus and supporting their continued growth and development in the school setting. Please note that attendees ...

2 Hypothetically, CAR T could go a long way in potentially reducing the need for toxic medications like glucocorticoids in children and adolescents with SLE. 1 However, limited numbers of patients ...

This Review examines the epidemiology and pathophysiology of NCI in children and adolescents with SLE, as well as the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches that are available for these patients.

As familial occurrence of SLE in young children is highly unusual, the team searched for a primary genetic cause and found a mutation in the UNC93B1 gene in all affected family members.

Furthermore, the children of mothers with SLE tended to be diagnosed with autism at a younger age than those of mothers without SLE. “In-utero exposures to maternal antibodies and cytokines ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), also known as lupus, is an autoimmune disease that happens when the body’s defence system, which is supposed to help our body fight infections, turns against ...