Rheumatology

Health Disparities

Questions discussed in this category

Are there any major differences in clinical manifestations or autoantibody profiles in children with SLE based on ethnicity?

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What are some explanations for the persistent renal outcome disparity gaps affecting certain minority groups of patients with pediatric SLE despite improvement in overall renal outcomes?

What would you suggest to help address these disparities in our own practices?

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How can ethnic representation in clinical research studies in childhood and adult SLE be improved?

This question is part of a collaboration with RheumMadness and is specifically in reference to: EMBRACE

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Papers discussed in this category

J Rheumatol, 2009 Oct 15

Ethnic differences in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus.

ACR Open Rheumatol, 2022 Nov

Association of Race and Ethnicity With Medication Use for Pediatric Lupus in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry.

J Rheumatol, 2009 Jan 22

Autoantibodies in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus: ethnic grouping, cluster analysis, and clinical correlations.

PLoS One, 2022 Oct 10

Diagnostic test accuracy of novel biomarkers for lupus nephritis-An overview of systematic reviews.

Front Immunol, 2022 May 26

Urine ALCAM, PF4 and VCAM-1 Surpass Conventional Metrics in Identifying Nephritis Disease Activity in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Rheum Dis Clin North Am, 2022 Feb

Disparities in Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases.

Lupus Sci Med, 2021 Jan

Apolipoprotein L1 risk genotypes in Ghanaian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a prospective cohort study.

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