SAGE Journals Online
Advertisement
Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Advertisement

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Lupus
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Nived, O
Right arrow Articles by Sturfelt, G
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Nived, O
Right arrow Articles by Sturfelt, G
Right arrowPubmed/NCBI databases
*Substance via MeSH
Medline Plus Health Information
*Lupus
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

ACR classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus: complement components

O Nived

Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital, Sweden

G Sturfelt

Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital, Sweden, gunnar.sturfelt{at}reum.lu.se

Complement is involved in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and has also a seemingly paradoxical protective role in the development of the disease. Low levels of components within the classical pathway of complement especially C1q, C4 and C3 have a high specificity for SLE diagnosis and should be considered as promising for inclusion in classification criteria of SLE.

Key Words: C1q • C3 • C4 • complement • SLE • SLE classification criteria

Lupus, Vol. 13, No. 11, 877-879 (2004)
DOI: 10.1191/0961203304lu2027oa
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 LupusHome page
L. Tucker
Review: Making the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus in children and adolescents
Lupus, August 1, 2007; 16(8): 546 - 549.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 LupusHome page
Y Ioannou, S J Bowman, A Rahman, and I P Giles
Review of presentations at the 6th European Lupus Meeting 3-5 March 2005
Lupus, June 1, 2005; 14(6): 467 - 478.
[Abstract] [PDF]


Advertisement