Introduction Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a progressive disease necessitating long-term medical care for the prevention or delay of detrimental outcomes. While most medical models often have an individual focus, diagnosing each patient’s symptoms and recommending treatment regimens, the reality…
Historical perspective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a disease of exacerbations and remissions with variable course and prognosis. There were no criteria to classify SLE before the early 1970s, and no standardized method to evaluate disease activity, flares, or remissions…
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Introduction Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex multisystemic autoimmune disease characterized by a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations, overabundant immunological and laboratory abnormalities, and a variable course and outcome. Descriptive, observational and experimental studies, and a few population-based ones…
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Any idiot can prescribe antibiotics to treat an ear infection, but that’s not what makes you a good physician. Dr Levana Sinai in Vital Conversations: Improving Communications Between Doctors and Patients Health care providers are usually good at keeping up…
History of clinical observations The clinical history of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is interesting and torturous. It took more than 150 years for clinicians to describe the characteristics of all involved organs. The detailed histories of SLE from Hippocrates to Osler…