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ArticleClinical rheumatology2016

Chronic arthritis in systemic lupus erythematosus: distinct features in 336 paediatric and 1830 adult patients.

Natali W S Gormezano, Clovis A Silva, Nadia E Aikawa, Diego L Barros, Mariana A da Silva, Carini I Otsuzi, Katia Kozu, Luciana Parente Seguro, Rosa M R Pereira, Eloisa Bonfá

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Article in Clinical rheumatology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Natali W S GormezanoDivision of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Dr. Arnaldo, n° 455, 3° andar, sala 3190 - Cerqueira César, São Paulo, SP, 05403-010, Brazil.
Clovis A SilvaPediatric Rheumatology Unit, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil. clovisaasilva@gmail.com.
Nadia E AikawaDivision of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Dr. Arnaldo, n° 455, 3° andar, sala 3190 - Cerqueira César, São Paulo, SP, 05403-010, Brazil.
Diego L BarrosDivision of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Dr. Arnaldo, n° 455, 3° andar, sala 3190 - Cerqueira César, São Paulo, SP, 05403-010, Brazil.
Mariana A da SilvaDivision of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Dr. Arnaldo, n° 455, 3° andar, sala 3190 - Cerqueira César, São Paulo, SP, 05403-010, Brazil.
Carini I OtsuziDivision of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Dr. Arnaldo, n° 455, 3° andar, sala 3190 - Cerqueira César, São Paulo, SP, 05403-010, Brazil.
Katia KozuPediatric Rheumatology Unit, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil.
Luciana Parente SeguroDivision of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Dr. Arnaldo, n° 455, 3° andar, sala 3190 - Cerqueira César, São Paulo, SP, 05403-010, Brazil.
Rosa M R PereiraDivision of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Dr. Arnaldo, n° 455, 3° andar, sala 3190 - Cerqueira César, São Paulo, SP, 05403-010, Brazil.
Eloisa BonfáDivision of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Dr. Arnaldo, n° 455, 3° andar, sala 3190 - Cerqueira César, São Paulo, SP, 05403-010, Brazil.
Universidade de São Paulo · BRHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objectives of this study are to assess the frequency of chronic arthritis and compare the clinical and laboratory features in a large population of childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) and adult-onset (aSLE) patients. This historical study evaluated 336 cSLE and 1830 aSLE patients. Chronic arthritis was defined as synovitis of at least 6 weeks of duration. Rhupus was characterised as the association of SLE and chronic inflammatory arthritis with erosion and positive rheumatoid factor. Jaccoud's arthropathy is a non-erosive subluxation leading to severe deformity of the hands and feet. Data were compared using Student's t test or the Mann-Whitney test for continuous variables. For categorical variables, differences were assessed by Fisher's exact test and Pearson chi-square. Frequencies of chronic arthritis were similar in cSLE and aSLE (2.4 vs. 3.8%, p = 0.261). The median time from disease onset to appearance of chronic arthritis was shorter in cSLE (0 vs. 10 years, p < 0.001), and the median of age at chronic arthritis diagnosis was [10.8 (4.2-14.6) vs. 40 (21-67), p < 0.001]. The children presented with more chronic polyarthritis than the adults (75 vs. 32%, p = 0.024), a higher median number of joints with arthritis [8.5 (1-18) vs. 3 (1-9), p = 0.017] and a higher number of joints with limitation [1.5(0-24) vs. 0(0-4), p = 0.004]. The chronic arthritis diagnosis frequencies of hepatomegaly (25 vs. 0%, p = 0.009), splenomegaly (25 vs. 0%, p = 0.009), pericarditis (25 vs. 0%, p = 0.009), nephritis (37 vs. 3% , p = 0.006), haematuria (37 vs. 1.4%, p = 0.002), lupus anticoagulant (40 vs. 1.6%, p = 0.012), anticardiolipin IgM (40 vs. 1.5%, p = 0.012) and median Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index 2000 (SLEDAI-2K) [10.5(1-20) vs. 6(4-16), p = 0.029] were higher in cSLE. Frequency of rhupus, (12 vs. 17%, p = 1.0), Jaccoud's arthropathy (0 vs. 17%, p = 0.343) and treatments were similar in cSLE and aSLE. We determined that chronic arthritis in SLE has distinct features in children, with very early onset, polyarticular involvement and association with active disease. We further demonstrated in this series that a proportion of chronic arthritis involvement in SLE is manifested as rhupus and Jaccoud's arthropathy.

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Age of OnsetAdolescentAdultAgedBrazilChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultAdultChildhoodChronic arthritisRhupusSystemic lupus erythematosus

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