Soluble mediators and clinical features can be used to predict which relatives of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are among the 11% likely to develop lupus during the next 6 years ...

Complications from SLE, such as organ involvement, as well as age of onset and race, were used as weighting criteria. Renal involvement was given the highest weighting score, followed by seizures ...

New proposals for NPSLE criteria did not consider some of the CNS syndromes traced in the ACR nomenclature as distinctly SLE induced and suggested modification according to other classifications.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the most common form of lupus — it’s the type that 7 in 10 people with lupus have. It's what most people mean when they say "lupus." What causes SLE? Experts ...