Abstracts tagged "Lupus and corticosteroids"

Abstract Number: 1582 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
The Accrual Of Damage In Corticosteroid-Naïve Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Barry J. Sheane, Dominique Ibanez, Dafna D. Gladman and Murray B. Urowitz, Division of Rheumatology, University of Toronto, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Despite improved survival rates in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) over the last 4 decades, organ damage and associated morbidity continues over time. Corticosteroids (CS)…