Quality of life in children with systemic lupus erythematosus: a reviewL N Moorthy
Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School UMDNJ, Department of Pediatrics, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Lupus 16:663-9. 2007
..SMILEY is a brief, easily understood, valid, reliable and internally consistent pediatric SLE-specific QOL scale and will be a useful adjunct to clinical trials and outcomes research...
Preliminary cross-cultural adaptation of a new pediatric health-related quality of life scale in children with systemic lupus erythematosus: an international effortL N Moorthy
RWJMS UMDNJ, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Lupus 19:83-8. 2010
..We are in the process of enrolling patients and conducting validation of the translated and adapted versions of SMILEY...
- Validation of the Portuguese Simple Measure of Impact of Lupus Erythematosus in Youngsters (SMILEY) in Brazil
Ln Moorthy
1Pediatric Rheumatology, RWJUH BMSCH, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson RWJ Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, New Brunswick, USA
Lupus 22:190-7. 2013
..It may be also adapted for other Portuguese-speaking nations offering critical information regarding the effect of SLE on HRQOL for children with SLE...
- An update on cross-cultural adaptation of US English SMILEY
L N Moorthy
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey RWJMS UMDNJ, Childrens Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Lupus 21:1450-4. 2012
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- Impact of lupus on school attendance and performance
L N Moorthy
RWJMS UMDNJ, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Lupus 19:620-7. 2010
..Detailed examination of the impact of SLE on attendance and the various aspects of school performance will enable us to formulate interventions in school for these children and adolescents...
- Relationship between health-related quality of life and SLE activity and damage in children over time
L N Moorthy
RWJMS UMDNJ, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Lupus 18:622-9. 2009
..Results provide preliminary evidence that Limitation and Burden of SLE domains of SMILEY reflect the impact of disease activity and damage on HRQOL...
- Poststreptococcal reactive arthritis in children: a retrospective study
Lakshmi Nandini Moorthy
Department of Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School UMDNJ, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 48:174-82. 2009
..The authors conclude that marked improvement in clinical features and laboratory values was seen over time. Patients may benefit with long-term cardiac follow-up...
Physical function assessment tools in pediatric rheumatologyLakshmi Nandini Moorthy
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School UMDNJ, Dept, of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 6:9. 2008
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- Do children with lupus have fewer male siblings?
L N Moorthy
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Lupus 17:128-31. 2008
..Large-scale epidemiologic studies with precise counting of miscarriages and abortions could help to confirm these findings. Detailed studies of genetic and maternal intrauterine factors are required to conclusively prove this hypothesis...
- Multicenter validation of a new quality of life measure in pediatric lupus
L Nandini Moorthy
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
Arthritis Rheum 57:1165-73. 2007
..There is no pediatric SLE-specific health-related QOL (HRQOL) scale. Our objective was to develop and validate a new pediatric SLE-specific HRQOL scale...
- Quality of life in children with systemic lupus erythematosus
L Nandini Moorthy
UMDNJ RWJ Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, MEB 396 A, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA
Curr Rheumatol Rep 7:447-52. 2005
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- Relationship of quality of life and physical function measures with disease activity in children with systemic lupus erythematosus
L N Moorthy
Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell Graduate School, New York, USA
Lupus 14:280-7. 2005
..Self-concept and SES should be assessed while measuring QOL in children. Larger sample is required to confirm results...
- Quality of life in paediatric lupus
L Nandini Moorthy
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, USA
Lupus 13:234-40. 2004
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