Chinese SLE Treatment and Research group (CSTAR) registry: Clinical significance of thrombocytopenia in Chinese patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Abstract

Thrombocytopenia was a common manifestation of SLE and was associated with leukocytopenia, nephritis and severe disease activity. Severe thrombocytopenia tended to occur in long-term and relatively inactive SLE. Patients with SLE-related thrombocytopenia has a decreased long-term survival rate. Long disease duration was an independent risk factor of mortality in patients with thrombocytopenia.