Anti-Sm Antibody, Damage Index, and Corticosteroid Use Are Associated with Cardiac Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Data from a Prospective Registry Study.

CONCLUSION: The results of this study reveal that SLE-related factors such as anti-Sm antibody, SDI, and corticosteroid dosage at baseline are risk factors for cardiac involvement in SLE. PMID: 32476300 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32476300?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Korean Medical Science - June 3, 2020 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: J Korean Med Sci Source Type: research