RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Lupus update: Perspective and clinical pearls
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 137
OP 142
DO 10.3949/ccjm.76a.gr005
VO 76
IS 2
A1 Manzi, Susan
YR 2009
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/76/2/137.abstract
AB Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, lupus) have a markedly better survival rate today than they did 50 years ago, but they face a greater risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and osteoporosis at early ages. With better understanding of the immunological mechanisms of the disease, new avenues of therapy are emerging.