Bullous systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis in a 10 year old boy.

نویسندگان

  • A M Vijayalakshmi
  • A Jayavardhana
چکیده

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an episodic, potentially fatal, multisystem autoimmune disease characterized by the presence of antinuclear antibodies especially to double stranded DNA. Bullous systemic lupus erythematosus is an extremely rare subset of lupus erythematosus. We report a 10-year-old boy with bullous SLE and nephrotic syndrome.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Indian pediatrics

دوره 44 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007