In lupus the CAR-T cells are modified not to target cancer, but instead a different type of immune cell called the B cell.

Only around 20% of discoid lupus patients also have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Discoid lupus sores are often red, scaly, and raised. Over time, these sores can cause scars, permanent hair ...

Diagnosis of discoid lupus erythematosus in patients aged younger than 25 years may predict the onset of severe systemic lupus erythematosus, according to study findings. “No study assessed risk ...

Some people will use retinoids for different lupus lesions, discoid lesions. Methotrexate, mycophenolate — they all have their own things that, again, sometimes I have to walk back.

As a diagnostic label, facial discoid dermatosis was intended to help categorize patients, given that discoid lupus erythematosus (with potential systemic implications) is often in the clinical ...

Disfigurement due to scars and dyspigmentation complicating discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) can be devastating. The cornerstones of therapy for cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) are steroids ...

Patients with pediatric discoid lupus erythematosus combined with systemic lupus erythematosus were most likely to be older and face single end-organ disease, according to data published in the ...

Hocaoğlu M, Davis MD, Osei-Onomah S-A, et al. Epidemiology of cutaneous lupus erythematosus among adults over four decades (1976-2018): a Lupus Midwest Network (lumen) study. Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Izmirly P, Buyon J, Belmont HM, et al. Population-based prevalence and incidence estimates of primary discoid lupus erythematosus from the Manhattan Lupus Surveillance Program [published ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multifactorial autoimmune rheumatic disease. Although its highest prevalence is among women of childbearing age, the disease is not confined within this ...

Only around 20% of discoid lupus patients also have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Discoid lupus sores are often red, scaly, and raised. Over time, these sores can cause scars, permanent hair ...