ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 637 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Joo Youn Lee1, Sung Hae Chang2, Hye Jin Oh3, Yong Yook Lee1, Min Jueng Kang1, Eun Young Lee4, Eun Bong Lee5, Eugene C. Yi1 and Young Wook Song1,5, 1Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 2Internal Medicine Rheumatology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam-si, South Korea, 3Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 4Internal medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 5Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Background/Purpose: Renal involvement occurs in about half of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. A number of biochemical markers are currently used to clinically assess lupus…