title: [Analysis of 34 cases of systemic lupus erythematosus with decreased platelet count].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the clinical and laboratory examination features of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with decreased platelet count.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-four SLE patients with decreased platelet count were analyzed for their initial symptoms, clinical manifestations, involvement of the organs and laboratory findings in comparison with 40 randomly selected SLE patients with normal platelet count.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The SLE patients with decreased platelet count were more likely to develop kidney involvement than those with normal platelet, but the incidence of butterfly erythema was significantly lower in the former patients (PP<0.05). Some indices of laboratory examinations, such as CH(50), white blood cell reduction, rate of urine protein, thrombocytocrit and platelet distribution width were significantly higher in SLE patients with decreased platelet count than those with normal platelet count.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical manifestations and laboratory findings in SLE patients with decreased platelet count may differ from those of SLE patients with normal platelet.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Rheumatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. chenmingyu3w@163.com
authors.forename: Ming-yu
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zai-gao
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Kang
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Le-dong
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Li-feng
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000150:complications*