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Review
. 2016 Feb;83(2):146-55.
doi: 10.1007/s12098-015-1962-5. Epub 2016 Jan 5.

Childhood Lupus--Diagnosis and Management

Sujata Sawhney  1
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Review

Childhood Lupus--Diagnosis and Management

Sujata Sawhney. Indian J Pediatr. 2016 Feb.

Abstract

Though rare, childhood lupus is a disease with the potential to have serious short and long term effects in children. These effects are to do with the disease itself, organ damage consequent to ongoing inflammation and/or because of side effects of medications. As children have an early disease onset, accrual organ damage over the years and growth and puberty issues are important aspects of care. Thus it is essential to recognize the disease early, objectively assess the patient at regular intervals, treat to a target of remission and limit the use of steroids as far as possible. This review focuses on the elements that help identify these patients in the clinic, discusses the role of objective disease assessment and outlines management and co-morbidities in these patients.

Keywords: Childhood lupus; Co-morbidities of cSLE; Diagnosis of cSLE; Management of cSLE; cSLE.

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