Facts Prove Why Kids with Lupus Need Our Best Research
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New Paper Confirms Lupus is a Dangerous Disease
-- a Leading Cause of Death for Young Women and Girls
The Lupus Research Alliance appreciates new published findings that finally document what we and the lupus community have long known only too well: lupus is a leading cause of death among women, particularly threatening the lives of our most vulnerable -- children and teens. These findings propel our determination to provide the basis for real hope -- vastly increased funding for the novel innovative research that a complex, devastating disease like lupus requires and deserves!
Renowned physician/scientist Virginia Pascual, MD from Gale and Ira Drukier Institute for Children’s Health commented, "This study confirms the well-known fact among the pediatric rheumatology community that early onset SLE is a more aggressive disease. Overall, the report underscores the need to better understand the factors that predispose to early disease presentation and to develop more comprehensive management approaches, including every effort to enroll younger patients in clinical trials”
“The burden of lupus is great - delays in diagnosis, limited treatment options, and still no cure,” said Andrea Knight, MD, of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. “Research is desperately needed to address these issues, and the Lupus Research Alliance has taken a leadership role in supporting pediatric lupus research.”
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