THE LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS SYNDROME: THE RELATIONSHIP OF DISCOID (CUTANEOUS) LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS TO SYSTEMIC (DISSEMINATED) LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
Authors: A J REICHES
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 April 1957THE LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS SYNDROME: THE RELATIONSHIP OF DISCOID (CUTANEOUS) LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS TO SYSTEMIC (DISSEMINATED) LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUSA. J. REICHES, M.D.A. J. REICHES, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-4-678 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe apparent increasing frequency of the lupus erythematosus syndrome and the discovery by Hargraves1 of a cell in the peripheral blood and bone marrow facilitating its diagnosis have greatly stimulated interest in this disease entity. One might, with reservations, compare such increased interest with that shown in the past toward the varied manifestations of syphilis.The term lupus erythematosus was introduced by Cazenave2in 1851 to describe the skin lesions of fixed erythema, follicular plugging, adherent scaling, atrophy and telangiectasia. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Saint Louis, Missouri*Received for publication July 6, 1956.From the Department of Dermatology, Division of Medicine, Jewish Hospital of St. Louis.Requests for reprints should be addressed to A. J. Reiches, M.D.4500 Olive Street, St. Louis 8, Missouri. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byWhen Thought Leaders Mislead: ???Discoid Lupus is Not Related to SLE???INCIDENCE OF LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS IN NIGERIACLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DISCOID LESIONS IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS (SLE) WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO MALE PATIENTS WITH SLEHistocompatibility antigens in discoid and systemic lupus erythematosusLupus ErythematosusThe Association of Chronic "Nonspecific" Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Lupus ErythematosusDONALD J. KURLANDER, M.D., JOSEPH B. 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