How Do Patients With Newly Diagnosed Systemic Lupus ...

Arthritis & Rheumatology

Vol. 71, No. 1, January 2019, pp 91?98

DOI 10.1002/art.40674 ? 2018, American College of Rheumatology

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How Do Patients With Newly Diagnosed Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Present? A Multicenter Cohort of Early Systemic Lupus Erythematosus to Inform the Development of New Classification Criteria

Marta Mosca,1 Karen H. Costenbader,2 Sindhu R. Johnson,3 Valentina Lorenzoni,4 Gian Domenico Sebastiani,5 Bimba F. Hoyer,6 Sandra Navarra,7 Eloisa Bonfa,8 Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman,9 Jorge Medina-Rosas,3 Matteo Piga,10 Chiara Tani,1 Sara K. Tedeschi,2 Thomas D?rner,11 Martin Aringer,12 and Zahi Touma3

Objective. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) presents with nonspecific signs and symptoms that are also found in other conditions. This study aimed to evaluate manifestations at disease onset and to compare early SLE manifestations to those of diseases mimicking SLE.

Methods. Academic lupus centers in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America collected baseline data on patients who were referred to them during the previous 3 years for possible SLE and who had a symptom duration of ................
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