Prevalence and burden of pediatric-onset systemic lupus erythematosus

S Kamphuis, ED Silverman - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2010 - nature.com
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, multisystem autoimmune disease with a
highly variable clinical course. Pediatric-onset SLE (pSLE) represents 10–20% of all SLE …

The geoepidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus

AT Borchers, SM Naguwa, Y Shoenfeld… - Autoimmunity …, 2010 - Elsevier
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease with manifold
clinical manifestations and immunological abnormalities, affecting primarily women …

Renal pathology images segmentation based on improved cuckoo search with diffusion mechanism and adaptive beta-hill climbing

J Chen, Z Cai, H Chen, X Chen… - Journal of Bionic …, 2023 - Springer
Lupus Nephritis (LN) is a significant risk factor for morbidity and mortality in systemic lupus
erythematosus, and nephropathology is still the gold standard for diagnosing LN. To assist …

Survival analysis and causes of mortality in patients with lupus nephritis

DYH Yap, CSO Tang, MKM Ma… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background This study aimed to define the causes and associated risks of death compared
with the local general population in Chinese patients with lupus nephritis in the recent era …

Effect of renal disease on the standardized mortality ratio and life expectancy of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

CC Mok, RCL Kwok, PSF Yip - Arthritis & rheumatism, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To study the effect of renal disease on the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) and
life expectancy of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods Patients …

An efficient multilevel thresholding image segmentation method based on the slime mould algorithm with bee foraging mechanism: A real case with lupus nephritis …

X Chen, H Huang, AA Heidari, C Sun, Y Lv… - Computers in Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
To improve the diagnosis of Lupus Nephritis (LN), a multilevel LN image segmentation
method is developed in this paper based on an improved slime mould algorithm. The search …

Mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus: an updated review

CE Fors Nieves, PM Izmirly - Current rheumatology reports, 2016 - Springer
Both systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and its treatments can contribute to increased
mortality rates. The focus of this review is recent studies on mortality and comorbidities …

Protective effect of hydroxychloroquine on renal damage in patients with lupus nephritis: LXV, data from a multiethnic US cohort

GJ Pons‐Estel, GS Alarcón… - Arthritis Care & …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess whether hydroxychloroquine can delay renal damage development in
lupus nephritis patients. Methods Lupus nephritis patients (n= 256) from the LUpus in …

Trends in the incidence, demographics, and outcomes of end‐stage renal disease due to lupus nephritis in the US from 1995 to 2006

KH Costenbader, A Desai, GS Alarcón… - Arthritis & …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective This study was undertaken to investigate whether recent advances in lupus
nephritis treatment have led to changes in the incidence of end‐stage renal disease (ESRD) …

Lupus nephritis diagnosis using enhanced moth flame algorithm with support vector machines

M Wang, Y Liang, Z Hu, S Chen, B Shi… - Computers in Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects the kidney in
most patients. Lupus nephritis (LN) is divided into six categories by the International Society …