Abstracts tagged "corticosteroids and treatment"

Abstract Number: 688 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Corticosteroids in Early Treatment Pathways in SLE
John G. Hanly¹, Amyn Sayani², Steve Doucette³, Sandra Iczkovitz² and Jorge Alfonso Ross², ¹Division of Rheumatology, Dalhousie University and Capital Health, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Medical Affairs, GlaxoSmithKline, Mississauga, ON, Canada, ³Dalhousie University and Capital Health, Halifax, NS, Canada
Background/Purpose: The treatment algorithm for patients with new onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is more variable than that for other rheumatic diseases (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis).…