He had a history of discoid lupus erythematosus, complex partial seizures, cerebral thromboses associated with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and hypertension. After admission to hospital ...

Hair loss is one of the most common reasons people go to see a dermatologist. But it is also not unusual in my experience, ...

Kaposi proposed that there were two types of lupus erythematosus; the discoid form and a disseminated (systemic) form. Furthermore, he enumerated various signs and symptoms which characterized the ...

[1,2] Hypertrophic LE is similar to discoid LE but with marked hyperkeratosis ... When the palms and soles are involved, hypertrophic lupus produces localized or partially diffuse keratoderma.

Skin and muscle biopsies disclosed changes consistent with chronic discoid lupus erythematosus. An electrocardiogram and an x-ray film of the chest showed no abnormalities. The patient was given ...

There are two main types, affecting a total of 70,000 people in the UK: discoid lupus and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Discoid lupus, the more common type, only affects the skin, causing round ...

UpToDate. Clarke J. Management of Refractory Discoid Lupus and Subacute Cutaneous Lupus. UpToDate. Wallace DJ. Overview of the Management and Prognosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Adults.

Background: Rowell syndrome is a rather rare and highly debated entity, initially defined by Rowell et all as discoid lupus associated with ... the definition by including all types of systemic lupus ...

Lupus and myositis are chronic autoimmune conditions that have distinct causes and treatments. Read about their symptoms and ...

We are grateful to our colleagues for their interest and thoughtful comments on our Seminar about systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).1 We appreciate the remarks from Qihe Xu, and Thomas Pabst and ...

In a new study, researchers discovered a potential new gene biomarker, ELF1, a protein coding gene, that can be used to ...