In women with chronic renal disease, pregnancy may accelerate decline in renal function and worsen hypertension and proteinuria, with increased risk of maternal (eg, pre-eclampsia) and fetal (eg, IUGR, IUD) com
Is Lupus an Inherited ‘Family Disease’? Why Is Lupus More Common in Women? How Are Race and Ethnicity Linked to Lupus Risk? 4 min read Who gets lupus more often, women or men? And does your race or ethnicity affect your odds of getting the disease? The field of epidemiology can he...
The Lupus Encyclopedia is an authoritative compendium providing detailed explanations about the disease, and practical advice about coping.
http://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2013.829166Auerbach, C., Beckerman, N. L. & Blanco, I. (2013). Women Coping With Chronic Disease: The Psychosocial Im- pact of Lupus. Journal of Social Service Research, 39(5), 606-615. doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/01488376.2013.8 29166...
Family history: Lupus sometimes affects more than one member of a family. But only about 10% of people with lupus have a close relative with the disease. Race: Lupus is more common among women of African American, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American descent. African American and Hispanic wo...
SLE is a disease of flares and remissions 1Who gets lupus? The majority of people with SLE are women of childbearing age between the ages of 15 and 44 years. Men, children and teenagers can also be affected 1,3. People of all races and ethnic groups can develop SLE 1. The course of...
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with protean manifestations that predominantly affects young women. Certain ethnic groups are more vulnerable than others to developing SLE and experience increased morbidity and mortality. Reports of the global incidence and prevalence of SLE var...
Anyone can get lupus. But it affects women 10 times more often than men. Aside from being female, your odds of getting the disease are higher if you are: African-American, Latino, or Asian Between the ages of 20 and 40 Related to someone with lupus ...
To evaluate autoimmune disease progression in asymptomatic and pauci-symptomatic mothers of children with neonatal lupus (NL). Methods Clinical information on mothers enrolled in the Research Registry for NL (RRNL) was obtained from medical records. Genotyping was performed for −308A/G tumour necro...
Noun1.lupus-anyofseveralformsofulcerativeskindisease disease of the skin,skin disease,skin disorder- adiseaseaffectingtheskin lupus vulgaris-tuberculosisoftheskin;appearsfirstonthefaceandhealsslowlyleavingdeepscars discoid lupus erythematosus,DLE- achronicskindiseaseoccurringprimarilyinwomenbetweentheagesof 20and...