Lupus erythematosus

Lupus erythematosus (also known as systemic lupus erythematosus or SLE) is an autoimmune disorder in which antibodies are created against the patient's own DNA. It is named for the Latin lupus, meaning "wolf," due to the butterfly-shaped rash that the disease classically creates on the cheek which medieval people believed to resemble a wolf bite.

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• {{Journal reference issue | Author=Yu Asanuma, M.D., Ph.D., Annette Oeser, B.S., Ayumi K. Shintani, Ph.D., M.P.H., Elizabeth Turner, M.D., Nancy Olsen, M.D., Sergio Fazio, M.D., Ph.D., MacRae F. Linton, M.D., Paolo Raggi, M.D., and C. Michael Stein, M.D. | Title=Premature coronary-artery atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus | Journal=New England Journal of Medicine | Volume=349 | Issue=Dec. 18 | Year=2003| Pages=2407-2414 Abstract}}
• {{Journal reference issue | Author=Bevra Hannahs Hahn, M.D. | Title=Systemic lupus erythematosus and accelerated atherosclerosis | Journal=New England Journal of Medicine | Volume=349 | Issue=Dec. 18 | Year=2003 | Pages=2379-2380 Extract}}
• {{Journal reference issue | Author=Mary J. Roman, M.D., Beth-Ann Shanker, A.B., Adrienne Davis, A.B., Michael D. Lockshin, M.D., Lisa Sammaritano, M.D., Ronit Simantov, M.D., Mary K. Crow, M.D., Joseph E. Schwartz, Ph.D., Stephen A. Paget, M.D., Richard B. Devereux, M.D., and Jane E. Salmon, M.D. | Title=Prevalence and correlates of accelerated atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus | Journal=New England Journal of Medicine | Volume=349 | Issue=Dec. 18 | Year=2003 | Pages=2399-2406 Abstract}}