Comparable 12-month renal response outcomes with medium- vs high-dose starting prednisone in a real-world study of Lupus Nephritis
Despite significantly increasing GC exposure, a higher starting prednisone dose was not associated with improved renal response rates at 12 months in a contemporary LN cohort.
Authors
- George Liapis
- Christina Katsiari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4174-6576)
- Myrto Nikoloudaki
- Petros Paul Sfikakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5484-2930)
- Foteini Karasavvidou
- Antigone Pieta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2361-0525)
- Dimitrios T. Boumpas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9812-4671)
- Andreas V. Goules (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4343-0396)
- Μαρία Παππά (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1296-0693)
- George K Bertsias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5299-1406)
- Kyriaki Boki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0201-7849)
- Paraskevi V. Voulgari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5193-2284)
- Evangelia Argyriou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8099-8872)
- Aglaia Chalkia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5963-3246)
- Antonis Fanouriakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2696-031X)
- Charalampos Papagoras (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6207-496X)
- Spyridon Katechis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8575-5183)
- Dimitrios Vassilopoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2288-3863)
- Charikleia Gakiopoulou
- Prodromos I. Sidiropoulos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9607-0326)
- Theodoros Dimitroulas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-1642)
- Maria G. Tektonidou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2238-0975)
- Sofia Flouda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5423-5847)
- Christina Tsalapaki
- Nektarios Marios Liapis
- Myrto Cheila
Institutions
- University of Crete (GR)
- Democritus University of Thrace (GR)
- University of Ioannina (GR)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
- Sismanoglio General Hospital (GR)
- University Hospital of Larissa (GR)
- Laiko General Hospital of Athens (GR)
- University Hospital of Alexandroupolis (GR)
- Hippocration General Hospital (GR)
- Evangelismos Hospital (GR)
- Athens State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Lara D. Veeken
- Published
- 2025-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaf574
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.00