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The Lupus Subset Idea

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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The broad clinical spectrum of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has always been an enigma to clinicians: in contrast to the majority of autoimmune diseases, SLE does not have a single “target organ”; rather, a variety of organ systems may be involved. Nevertheless, individual patients tend to present with a limited number of clinical features and not the whole spectrum of possible ones. (The small sample of patients shown in Table 1 illustrates this point.) Moreover, in the course of flares, patients tend to present with the same symptoms manifested previously, and a small number of “new” features may or may not be present in addition.

Supported in part by Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung and Medizinisch-wissenschaftlicher Fonds des Bürgermeisters der Stadt Wien.

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Smolen, J.S., Steinberg, A.D., Chused, T.M. (1987). The Lupus Subset Idea. In: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71642-3_17

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