Table 1. Patient demographics and medications.

Patient	Sex/age	Revised severity index	Medications
1	F/64	severe	Pred 100mg/day
2	F/56	severe	Pred 75mg/day
3	M/40	severe	Pred 75mg/day
4	F/50	moderate	None
5	F/45	moderate	None
6	F/48	severe	Pred 50mg/day,MTX 15mg/week
7	F/48	severe	Pred 100mg/day,MMF 1.5g/day
8	M/59	moderate	Pred 30mg/day
9	F/40	moderate	None
10	F/40	severe	Pred 100mg/day, MTX 15mg/week
11	M/50	severe	Pred 100mg/day
12	M/62	moderate	Pred 40mg/day
13	M/49	severe	Pred 65mg/day
14	M/40	mild	None
15	M/36	moderate	None
16	M/48	moderate	Pred 40mg/day
17	M/62	severe	Pred 100mg/day
18	M/51	severe	None
19	F/45	severe	None

F: female; M: male; Pred: prednisone; MTX: methotrexate; MMF: mycophenolatemofetil.