Is there a difference in systemic lupus erythematosus with and without Raynaud’s phenomenon?
✍ Scribed by Slavica Pavlov-Dolijanovic, Nemanja S. Damjanov…
- Book ID
- 120780147
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 237 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0172-8172
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Twenty-seven patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were investigated for the presence of allergic reactivity, and serum IgE levels were measured by immunoassay. Compared to controls, SLE patients had significant increases of only allergic rhinitis and drug allergy. Despite the usual hyper