REMISSION OF INFANTILE SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS WITH INTRAVENOUS CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE

We report an 8-month-old boy with systemic lupus erythematosus and Wor ld Health Organization class IV lupus nephritis who has gone into comp lete clinical and serological remission with pulse IV cyclophosphamide therapy. To our knowledge this is the first case of pulse IV cyclopho sphamide therapy in infantile systemic lupus erythematosus resulting i n long-term remission.