Response to: 'Phsician's global assessment is often useful in SLE, but not always: the case of clinical remission' by Zen et al.

We thank Dr Zen and colleagues for their interest in our article on the Physician’s Global Assessment (PGA)1 in lupus, and for sharing their experience.2 Their comment focusses on the impact of a PGA (scored prior to reviewing complement and anti-DNA antibody tests) in association with the clinical Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI) (cSLEDAI) on the definition of clinical remission. Of note, the cSLEDAI captures haematology and renal …