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2. Drug-induced lupus erythematosus - Wikipedia

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   Drug-induced lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disorder caused by chronic use of certain drugs. These drugs cause an autoimmune response (the body attacks its own cells) producing symptoms similar to those of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

3. Lupus - Wikipedia

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   Drug-induced lupus erythematosus is a (generally) reversible condition that usually occurs in people being treated for a long-term illness. Drug-induced lupus mimics SLE. However, symptoms of drug-induced lupus generally disappear once the medication that triggered the episode is stopped.

4. Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus - Wikipedia

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   In a review of 65 individuals with cSLE caused by the drugs cited in the above section "Drug", discontinuing the responsible drug in 100% of cases and treatment with a glucocorticoid in 53.3% of cases, hydroxychloroquine in 8.4% of cases, and cyclophosphamide in 3.3% of cases resulted in improvements in 92.0% of the 63 individuals available for ...

5. What is lupus and how is it treated? - AOL

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   Until now, the treatment called CAR T-cell therapy has been used only in cancer patients in the UK, but researchers believe it could treat range of diseases including lupus and multiple sclerosis.A

6. The Root Cause Of Lupus Has Been A Complete Mystery ... - AOL

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   Lupus is a chronic disease that can cause inflammation and pain in any part of the body. The disease impacts about 1.5 million Americans, but women are nine times more likely to develop lupus than ...

7. Scientists say they have identified lupus' root cause — and ...

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   Even if such a treatment becomes available, Buyon said, it’s unlikely to work for everyone with lupus. “We have come to the profound understanding that one drug will not do it all,” she said ...

8. Lupus erythematosus - Wikipedia

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   Lupus erythematosus is a collection of autoimmune diseases in which the human immune system becomes hyperactive and attacks healthy tissues. [1] Symptoms of these diseases can affect many different body systems, including joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, heart, and lungs.

9. Anti-histone antibodies - Wikipedia

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   A value of greater than 1.5 units relative to a control serum is considered a positive ELISA test for the anti-histone antibodies. Patients with drug-induced lupus erythematosus typically have positive tests for anti-histone antibodies but do not have indications for anti-dsDNA antibodies. Patients with idiopathic systemic lupus erythematosus ...