Search Strategy and Selection Criteria

Manuscripts referenced in this paper were identified through searches of PubMed and Embase with the terms “systemic lupus erythematosus”, “lupus nephritis”, “Brazil”, “innovative treatments in SLE” and “SLE in Brazil” from January 2016 to January 2021. Articles were also identified through the bibliographies of the papers identified and from the authors’ own files. Particular attention was paid to papers that reviewed or summarized the topic or that were related to activities in Brazil. The final reference list was generated based on the relevance to the broad scope of this consensus.