Arthritis Research & Therapy

Table 3 Parameters associated with decreased ability to degrade NETs

From: Degradation of neutrophil extracellular traps co-varies with disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

	approximately 60 days before	Simultaneously	approximately 60 days after
Clinical	Proteinuria	Proteinuria	Proteinuria
manifestations		Pyuria	Pyuria
		Cellular casts	Alopecia
			Fever
Laboratory	Anti-DNA	Anti-DNA	Anti-DNA
variables	Anti-Histones	Anti-Histones	Leukopenia
	Anti-Cardiolipin	Anti-Cardiolipin
	Elevated CRP	Leukopenia
	Low C3	Low C1q, C3 and C4
Medications	No HC^a	No HC^a	No HC^a
	Immunosuppressants		Immunosuppressants

Manifestations that occur significantly more frequently than expected, before, simultaneously or after the time point with decreased ability to degrade neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs).
^aHC, hydroxychloroquine

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