Clinical outcome measures for cutaneous lupus erythematosus
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Clinical characteristics of cutaneous lupus erythematosus.
INTRODUCTION Lupus erythematosus (LE) shows a wide variety of clinical manifestations, skin involvement being one of the most important. AIM To analyze the clinical presentation of cutaneous variants of lupus erythematosus in terms of skin lesion spectrum and extracutaneous involvement. MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 64 patients with cutaneous LE (CLE) were included. The study was based on...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Lupus
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0961-2033,1477-0962
DOI: 10.1177/0961203310370049