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What is your preferred add-on for membranous lupus nephritis (2.2 grams of protein, normal creatinine) in a young woman who is currently on hydroxychloroquine and mycophenolate 1500 mg 2x daily?

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Do you feel comfortable combining mycophenolate mofetil with azathioprine in patients with lupus?

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What is your approach to transitioning an SLE patient from a pregnancy incompatible regimen to pregnancy compatible regimen?

For example, when switching from MMF to azathioprine, do you overlap the treatments as you lower the dose of one and add the other?

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Which medications have the lowest risk of tuberculosis reactivation in patients with uncertain tuberculosis history and active rheumatologic disease?

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How do you approach DMARD therapy in a patient with lupus and recurrent pericarditis?

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Papers discussed in this category

Lupus, 2013-07

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate is a predictor of renal and overall SLE disease activity.

Arthritis care & research, 2019-07

Area-Level Predictors of Medication Nonadherence Among US Medicaid Beneficiaries With Lupus: A Multilevel Study.

Arthritis care & research, 2019-11

Azathioprine and Mycophenolate Mofetil Adherence Patterns and Predictors Among Medicaid Beneficiaries With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Rev Med Interne, 2016 Oct 13

[Blood concentration of hydroxychloroquine in systemic lupus erythematosus care: Usefulness and limits].

JAMA Dermatol,

Hydroxychloroquine-induced pigmentation in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case-control study.

Ann Rheum Dis, 2014 Apr 16

Treat-to-target in systemic lupus erythematosus: recommendations from an international task force.

J Rheumatol,

Flares in lupus: Outcome Assessment Trial (FLOAT), a comparison between oral methylprednisolone and intramuscular triamcinolone.

Lupus Sci Med, 2018 May 14

Quantifying the burden of steroid-related damage in SLE in the Hopkins Lupus Cohort.

Lupus Sci Med,

Efficacy of belimumab in two serologically distinct high disease activity subgroups of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: post-hoc analysis of data from the phase III programme.

Lupus, 2015 Jul 10

Colchicine: a simple and effective treatment for pericarditis in systemic lupus erythematosus? A report of 10 cases.

Current opinion in rheumatology, 2014-03

Systemic lupus erythematosus and pregnancy outcomes: an update and review of the literature.

Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2013 Feb 04

Low risk of renal flares and negative outcomes in women with lupus nephritis conceiving after switching from mycophenolate mofetil to azathioprine.

Arthritis Rheumatol, 2020 Aug 4

CALIBRATE: A Phase 2 Randomized Trial of Rituximab Plus Cyclophosphamide Followed by Belimumab for the Treatment of Lupus Nephritis.

Trials, 2022 Nov 12

Efficacy of belimumab combined with rituximab in severe systemic lupus erythematosus: study protocol for the phase 3, multicenter, randomized, open-label Synbiose 2 trial.

Annals of internal medicine, 2021 Oct 26

Effectiveness of Belimumab After Rituximab in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus : A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Arthritis care & research, 2019 Jun

The Impact of Belimumab and Rituximab on Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

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