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Systemic lupus erythematosus

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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE or lupus, pronounced sɪˈstɛmɪk ˈluːpəs ˌɛrəˌθiməˈtoʊsəs (help·info)) is a chronic autoimmune connective tissue disease that can affect any part of the body. As occurs in other autoimmune diseases, the immune system attacks the body’s cells and tissue, resulting... Read enhanced Wikipedia article
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    Systemic lupus erythematosus

    Systemic lupus erythematosus SLE or lupus, pronounced sɪˈstɛmɪk ˈluːpəs ˌɛrɨˌθiːməˈtoʊsəs (help·info)) is a chronic autoimmune connective tissue disease that can affect any part of the body.
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    Lupus erythematosus

    Lupus erythematosus is a connective tissue disease. ... Of these, systemic lupus erythematosus is the most common and serious form of lupus.
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    Childhood systemic lupus erythematosus

    Childhood systemic lupus erythematosus generally presents between the ages of 3 and 15, with girls outnumbering boys 4:1, and typical skin manifestations being butterfly eruption on the face and photosensitivity.
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    Discoid lupus erythematosus

    Discoid lupus erythematosus can be divided into localized, generalized and childhood discoid lupus erythematosus. ... Childhood discoid lupus erythematosus lacks a female predominace, has a low frequency of photosensitivity, and a higher progression to systemic lupus erythematosus, but in most other respects, the clinical presentation and course is similar to those in adults.
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    Drug-induced lupus erythematosus

    Drug-induced lupus erythematosus (DIL or DILE) is an autoimmune disorder, similar to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), which is induced by chronic use of certain drugs. These drugs cause an autoimmune response (the body attacks its own cells) producing symptoms similar to those of SLE.
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    Stem Transplantation for systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    Dr Alberto Marmont De Haut Champs, an Italian Physician working at San Martino Hospital, in Genoa, Italy and Dr RK Burt of Chicago, USA, pioonered Stem Cell transplants for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus . In 1997 Marmont published the result of his work in a paper in the Journal "Lupus"
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    Lupus

    Lupus may refer to systemic lupus erythematosus, the disease most commonly referred to as "lupus". Lupus, Lupo, Luppis, Lupis may also refer to:
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    Lupus nephritis

    Lupus nephritis is an inflammation of the kidney caused by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a disease of the immune system. Apart from the kidneys, SLE can also damage the skin, joints, nervous system and virtually any organ or system in the body.
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    Lupus headache

    Lupus headache is a proposed, specific headache disorder in patients suffering from systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Research shows that headache is a symptom commonly described by SLE patients —57% in one meta-analysis, ranging in different studies from 33% to 78%; of which migraine 31.7% and tension-type headache 23.5%.
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    Canine discoid lupus erythematosus

    Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) is an uncommon autoimmune disease of the basal cell layer of the skin. ... It does not progress to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in dogs.

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