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What is your approach to practical monitoring of lupus disease activity in clinical practice?

What disease activity index do you find more useful and most practical in a busy clinical setting? How often do you assess it? This question is part of a collaboration with RheumMadness and is specifically in reference to: LLDAS Score Validation
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I am so glad I am being asked this question!

I use my clinical assessment (or physician global assessment).

I generally love the 2023 EULAR SLE management update (Fanouriakis et al., PMID 37827694). However, I disagree with their recommendation that clinicians monitor the SLEDAI (...

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