This is very interesting. This may be worth showing to your doctors if their is a lot of head scratching going on in the medication department.
Have We Uncovered a New Form of Lupus
“Some lupus patients (22-25%) have surprisingly high levels of BAFF (B cell activating factor, a molecule normally needed for B cell survival and maturation) in the blood. While this research is in its early stages, we believe these findings may relate to patients’ unresponsiveness to some treatments.”
http://www.garvan.org.au/media-centre/media-release-archive/2007/have-we-uncovered-a-new-form-of-lupus.html/?searchterm=lupus