Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9308435 | Kidney International | 2005 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
In SLE patients receiving prednisone at maintenance doses or greater, SLE fever is rare. When fever does develop, it is usually due to infection. Continuing high steroid dose steroid therapy in those with infection fever may increase the risk of severe sepsis.
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Brad H. Rovin, Yuxiao Tang, Junfeng Sun, Haikady N. Nagaraja, Kevin V. Hackshaw, Linda Gray, Robert Rice, Daniel J. Birmingham, Chack-Yung Yu, D.A.N. N. Spetie, A.M.Y. Aziz, L.E.E. A. Hebert,