A new report highlights the role of the metabolome in the mechanism of skin involvement among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The study also suggests that gas chromatography-mass ...

SLE was also associated with a decreased risk for prostate cancer and cutaneous melanoma. No association was found between SLE and breast, uterus, ovarian, pancreatic, colorectal or brain cancers.

It is rare for a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) to present with cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis, but the authors of a new case report argue it is critically important that ...

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is an autoimmune disease affecting multiple organs. Symptoms include rashes, joint pain, anemia, ...

I was diagnosed with SLE a few months ago. I've been taking Plasmoquine (1 per day) and Methotrexate (10x once a week) and cortisone (down to 8mg from 60mg) since then. My joints are doing fairly well ...

SLE involves a misfiring immune system that attacks healthy parts of your body. Also, the inflammatory process is out of control, so it just keeps creating inflammation.

Anifrolumab (AstraZeneca) also resulted in higher rates of skin response and steroid tapering. These data follow the failure of the TULIP-1 study to meet its primary endpoint for anifrolumab in SLE.

A total of 1066 survey respondents with either SLE or lupus nephritis completed the survey; mean duration of illness of respondents was 12.4 years. A total of 93.4% of the study sample were women ...