Systemic lupus erythematosus.(Health)

Manila Bulletin;  September 14, 2003 ;     600 words ...What is SLE? Is it true that it is as...Jonas M., Paranaque City Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is one of the autoimmune...and tissues. The cause of systemic lupus erythematosus is still unknown...and environmental factors. SLE has a genetic basis the presence...genes cannot ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus: a review for dental professionals.

Journal of Dental Hygiene;  March 22, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Introduction Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, inflammatory autoimmune...butterfly-shaped rash on the face. SLE, which gets its name from the Latin...complexes into the tissue. Although SLE was once considered a serious, rare...

Cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  March 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a connective tissue disease characterized...and the heart. Mayo Clin Proc 1999;74:275-284 SLE = systemic lupus erythematosus Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a connective tissue disease characterized...

Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus: A comparative study of...

Journal of the National Medical Association;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). One hundred seventy-one SLE patients comprised the...clinical expression of SLE. (J Natl Med Assoc. 1999;91:497-501.) Key words: systemic lupus erythematosus * African Americans * Latin Americans Systemic ...

TREATING SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS.

Minority Health Today;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the most serious form of lupus, is a chronic, multi-system, autoimmune disease. SLE can occur in men, but the incidence is...more frequent in adult women. Whereas SLE afflicts people of all races, it is 3...

Pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus: Management issues in primary...

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners;  June 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Keywords Childhood onset; systemic lupus erythematosus; renal; quality...with an update on pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (SLB) with...who care for children with SLE may be able to prevent or...these patients. Introduction Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an ...

This Competitor Analysis: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is Now...

M2 Presswire;  June 25, 2008 ;     389 words ......Competitor Analysis: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is Now Available(C...Competitor Analysis: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) report to their offering...pipeline for treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Lupus Nephritis and...

HLA-DRB alleles and systemic lupus erythematosus in Jamaicans.

Southern Medical Journal;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and manifestations...more frequent in SLE patients. No other...Conclusion. The SLE HLA associations...THE etiology of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is still unknown...populations. (1,4,5) Systemic ...

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Complicated by HELLP Syndrome

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  August 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...SUMMARY We describe a pregnant woman with systemic lupus erythematosus, complicated by severe pre-eclampsia...weeks' gestation because of an exacerbation of systemic lupus erythematosus with elevated liver enzymes...immunological evaluation confirmed active systemic lupus erythematosus ...

Toxoplasma infection in systemic lupus erythematosus mimicking lupus...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  June 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......underdiagnosed, complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A 48-year-old woman...cerebrospinal fluid; SLE = systemic lupus erythematosus Opportunistic...common in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and are a major cause...

Atherosclerotic vascular disease in systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of the National Medical Association;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the United States, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) disproportionately...Disease * Lupus * SLE INTRODUCTION Since...epidemiological picture of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has evolved from...Atherosclerosis in SLE: Implications for...Atherosclerosis in ...

Pulmonary hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  August 1, 1999 ;     616 words ......on cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by Dr Moder and associates...hypertension in patients with SLE encountered between 1985...constituted 60% of all the SLE patients being monitored...is common in patients with SLE and that it gradually ...

Orthopaedic manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus.

Bulletin of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases;  September 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory...of SLE. ********** Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem...antimalarial drugs, and systemic corticosteroid treatments...involved structures in SLE, with these structures...

Systemic lupus erythematosus presenting with pseudotumor cerebri: a rare...

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Argin A, Kuyucu N, zen S. Systemic lupus erythematosus presenting...describe a 13-year-old systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) patient who presented...intracranial hypertension, systemic lupus erythematosus, corticosteroids...anticardiolipin antibodies. Systemic ...

Eosinophilic enteritis with systemic lupus erythematosus.(Case Report)

Southern Medical Journal;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......manifestations are common in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Eosinophilic enteritis...eosinophilic enteritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, peripheral...Gastrointestinal symptoms in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are common, and gastrointestinal...involving the ...