Prolonged Remission in SLE Revisited: An Old Wine in a New Bottle

Patterns of SLE disease activity. *Definition of prolonged remission varies among studies. In most of the cases, prolonged remission is defined as at least 1 year in remission. Data derived from Steiman, et al¹; Urowitz, et al⁷; Zen, et al¹³; and Barr, et al²². SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus.