PART 15: Disorders of the Joints and Adjacent Tissues
SECTION 2 Disorders of Immune-Mediated Injury
319 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
 | Figure 319-1 Pathogenesis of SLE. Genes confirmed in more than one genome-wide association analysis in Northern European whites as increasing susceptibility to SLE or lupus nephritis are listed (reviewed in Moser KL et al, Recent insights into the genetic basis of SLE. Genes Immun 2009:10:373).... |
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 | Figure 319-2 Algorithm for diagnosis and initial therapy of SLE. ANA, antinuclear antibodies; CBC, complete blood count. |
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