Health Sciences 3910F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Rheumatology, Text Messaging

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 3910F/G
• Professor: Shauna Burke

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Disease activity and transition outcomes in a childhood-onset systemic lupus. Son, m. b. , sergeyenko, y. , guan, h. , & costenbader, k. (2016). Disease activity and transition outcomes in a childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus cohort. 20% of sle cases are diagnosed in adolescence and continue into adulthood. Sle affects females, those of low ses and minorities disproportionately. Reports from the american college of physicians have not shown significant success in achieving transition-related goals. One study reported an increase in disease activity for almost of the patients during the year following their transition. Another study found that more than of the patients reported some type of difficulty during the transition phase, while reports of poor symptom control were more prevalent. This study examined a group of patients with csle in the period three years after their transition - specifically, disease activity scores, damage scores, and patient characteristics.