RECURRENT ACUTE LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS DISSEMINATUS: REPORT OF A CASE WHICH HAS SURVIVED TWENTY-THREE YEARS AFTER THE ONSET OF SYSTEMIC MANIFESTATIONS
Authors: S BEN-ASHER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1951)

Case Reports1 January 1951RECURRENT ACUTE LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS DISSEMINATUS: REPORT OF A CASE WHICH HAS SURVIVED TWENTY-THREE YEARS AFTER THE ONSET OF SYSTEMIC MANIFESTATIONSSOLOMON BEN-ASHER, M.D.SOLOMON BEN-ASHER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-34-1-243 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAcute disseminated lupus erythematosus is a systemic disease of multiform character, often manifested by erythematous lesions, prolonged fever, polyarthritis, endocarditis, nephritis, polyserositis, leukopenia and anemia. The primary organic changes, as described by Klemperer,1 consist of an involvement of the collagen and ground substance of the connective tissue.The disease has a marked predilection for females and is most common in the second and third decades. 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Med. 66: 339, 1940. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Jersey City, New Jersey*Received for publication December 30, 1948.From the Greenville Hospital and the Medical Center, Jersey City, New Jersey.†Dr. Ben-Asher died on April 27, 1949. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDevelopment of a phase III trial of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for systemic lupus erythematosusSystemic lupus erythematosus. Disease outcome in patients with a disease duration of at least 10 years: second evaluationSystemic lupus erythematosus. II. 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DUBOIS, M.D., F.A.C.P.THE NATURAL HISTORY OF LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND ITS MODIFICATION BY CORTISONE AND CORTICOTROPHIN (A.C.T.H.)THE EFFECT OF THE L. E. CELL TEST ON THE CLINICAL PICTURE OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS*EDMUND L. DUBOIS, M.D.Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 1 January 1951Volume 34, Issue 1Page: 243-248KeywordsBiopsyBismuthConnective tissueEndocarditisFeversLesionsLupus erythematosusNephritisSystemic diseasesSystemic lupus erythematosus ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1951 PDF downloadLoading ...