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Do you escalate treatment for reactive lymphadenopathy in an otherwise stable and asymptomatic patient with lupus?

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Rheumatology · Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)

With today's medical evidence, I do not treat my patients' lymphadenopathy (LAD) alone.

However, lupus-reactive LAD tends to occur with active disease. I am a big believer in the treatment goal of "remission (without steroids); if remission is unachievable, then low disease activity using the safest...

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