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Description of disease:

Lupus erythematosus is also called lupus erythematodes is an autoimmune disease in which body tissues are attacked by its own immune system.

Lupus causes disease of the skin, kidneys, joints, heart, brain and lungs. The disease occurs in people of all ages, both in men and women. Nevertheless, the disease occurs most often in women between the ages of 20 to 40.

Symptoms:


butterfly rash
convulsions
low sun tolerance
pain in joints
psychosis
ulcerative lecions of the oral cavity



Research:


Band test
Histopathological examination
Immunological testing
Próby świetlne



Doctors :


Dermatologist


Rheumatologist





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Bibliography: http://dermatology.cdlib.org/DOJvol7num1/transactions/lupus/werth.html

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