Dermatomyositis and lupus may share symptoms in some cases. Here's what you need to know about these autoimmune conditions.

The patient is a 45-year-old Caucasian male with a 5-year history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). He has flat erythema that is more prominent on the upper chest, neck, and head. The rash ...

Background SLE is a systemic autoimmune disease with a large number of common risk gene variants, but several rare gene ...

The history of lupus can be divided into ... term “erythema centrifugum,” while the butterfly distribution of the facial rash was noted by von Hebra in 1846. The first published illustrations of lupus ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus, more commonly known as lupus, has a variety of symptoms and room for improvement when it comes ...

Interferon-alpha activity may be used routinely in clinical settings as a biomarker for cutaneous lupus erythematosus and ...

In milder cases this can be accomplished by relatively simple means: a limited cutaneous rash may be amenable ... Minimize both damage due to systemic lupus erythematosus and as consequence ...

EULAR/ACR SLE classification criteria were not linked to mortality or hospitalization, a developed ominosity model adequately predicted mortality.

However, symptoms often overlap with those of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). These include: muscle and joint pain sometimes with swelling flu-like symptoms of fatigue and fever serositis ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus commonly presents as a rash. The rashes are caused by inflammation from the immune system fighting the body. Systemic lupus erythematosus, more commonly known as lupus ...

“In addition to decreasing the inflammation by decreasing lesional staphylococcus aureus, the mupirocin treatment also lowered skin monocyte levels, which are important in driving cutaneous lupus,” ...