RESEARCH - Alopecia in SLE. Relation to disease manifestations.

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Alopecia in systemic lupus erythematosus. Relation to disease

manifestations.

Wysenbeek AJ, Leibovici L, Amit M, Weinberger A.

Department of Medicine B, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel.

Alopecia was observed in 40/74 (54%) patients with systemic lupus

erythematosus (SLE). Patients with alopecia had a significantly higher

rating for cutaneous manifestations, Raynaud's phenomenon and muscle

tenderness, and most of these signs correlated with the magnitude of

alopecia. There was no difference between patients with or without alopecia

for arthritis, nephritis or central nervous system manifestations. Alopecia

correlated with disease activity index but did not correlate with various

specific measurements of disease exacerbation.

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