Four patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, 3 with other connective-tissue syndromes (1 of whom was suspected of having systemic lupus) and 5 of the 9 with Raynaud's phenomenon alone had ...

Background: Only half of patients diagnosed with SLE fulfill classification criteria; the rest have “SLE-like” illnesses such as UCTD. SLE patients are known to experience impaired health-related ...

A recent report suggests that patients with newly diagnosed SLE have significantly greater prevalence of hypocomplementemia than patients with conditions that mimic SLE, including undifferentiated ...

“Much more work and research funding are needed to fully understand the pathogenesis of disease, the mechanisms of tissue injury, and the underlying genetic predispositions” linking the 2 disease ...

Connective tissue disorders: systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren’s syndrome, and scleroderma: Streifler JY and Molad Y (2014) Review: SLE, Sjögren’s syndrome, systemic sclerosis, (pathophysiology, ...

Connective tissue diseases are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune disorders that affect any of the body's connective tissues. These disorders can be inherited or acquired, and can present with a ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings such as inflammatory-type lesions and myelopathies are significantly associated with attribution of neuropsychiatric (NP) events to systemic lupus ...

Dapirolizumab pegol (DZP) showed efficacy across multiple clinical endpoints in the PHOENYCS GO study, including fatigue and measures of disease activityDZP showed consistent improvements in ...

Connective Tissue Diseases SLE. Effect of Pregnancy on SLE Pregnancy is considered a high-risk time in lupus patients, as flares during pregnancy have been related to irreversible organ damage ...

The fascial system builds a three-dimensional continuum of soft, collagen-containing, loose and dense fibrous connective tissue that permeates the body and enables all body systems to operate in an ...