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. 2009 Jun 8;7:13. doi: 10.1186/1546-0096-7-13

Table 2.

Changes in disease activity, hospitalizations and steroid dosing pre and post transfer.

Disease Activity Pre-Transfer Post-Transfer P value
Median (range) SLEDAI score* 4 (0–16) 4 (0–20) 0.3

Disease activity**

 None 12 (80) 10 (67)
 Mild/moderate 2 (13) 4 (27) 0.16
 Severe 1 (7) 1 (7)

Number of Hospitalizations*
Total 32 6 0.017
 Scheduled 21 2 0.03
 Flare associated 8 4 0.26

Steroid Dosing
Median prednisone dose at last visit, mg (range) 5 (0–40) 2 (0–20) 0.004
Median peak prednisone dose, mg (range) 10 (0–60) 5 (0–60) 0.059
IV methylprednisolone, No (%) 3 (10) 4 (13) 0.99

* Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (n = 16)

**MCTD, APLS, Vasculitis, Spondylarthropathy (n = 15)

IV = Intravenous