Childhood lupus: Experience from eastern India.
Indian J Pediatr
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2010 Aug; 77(8): 889-891
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-142656
ABSTRACT
Objective. To delineate the clinical behavior of SLE in children from Eastern India and to the differences in disease pattern. Methods. In the present study, all 44 patients of pediatric SLE who were diagnosed over a period of 5 years in our pediatric rheumatology clinic were followed prospectively. The resultant database was analyzed using standard statistical methods. Results. About 3.9% of all rheumatology cases dealt with in the clinic in the last five yrs (n=1063) were SLE. The number of children in 5-8 yrs and 8-12 yrs age groups were 13 and 27, respectively. The overall female (n=35) to male (n=9) ratio in this study was 3.81. Renal, hematological and Neuropsychiatric features were most common major organ manifestations(54%,54% and 25% respectively). Joints and skin were the most common minor organs involved. Two case were ANA negative SLE. Among the typical features of ANA negative disease, only nephritis was found in these patients. Anti dsDNA was positive in 50 % cases (n=21). C3 levels were studied in all cases with nephritis (n=22) and 68 % (n=15) had hypocomplementemia. Anti Ro and anti La antibodies were positive in two cases of neonatal lupus. APLA, Anti Sm antibody and anti U1RNP were negative in the cases where testing was done. Conclusions. This study has tried to delineate the disease trends of childhood lupus from Eastern India. Certain important trends have emerged which are different from other contemporary Indian and International observations.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Lupus Nephritis
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Antibodies, Antinuclear
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Prospective Studies
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Sex Distribution
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Lupus Vasculitis, Central Nervous System
Type of study:
Observational study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pediatr
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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