Book chapter
Lung Disease in Lupus
Handbook of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, pp 123-135
2004
Abstract
This chapter discusses lung disease in lupus. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune inflammatory disease that primarily affects women in the reproductive years, with various clinical presentations caused by the production of autoantibodies and the formation of complement-fixing immune complexes. Pulmonary complications, one of the predominant features of SLE, occur in more than half of the patients at some time during the course of their disease. In many cases, lung complications are not detected until autopsy, indicating that they are often not clinically evident. The general classification of pulmonary manifestations and their prevalence are summarized in the chapter. The chapter reviews the epidemiology, clinical presentations, differential diagnosis, management, and outcome of the broad spectrum of pulmonary complications experienced by patients with SLE.
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Details
- Title
- Lung Disease in Lupus
- Creators
- Amy H Kao - University of PittsburghJanice M Sabatine - University of PittsburghSusan Manzi - University of Pittsburgh
- Publication Details
- Handbook of Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, pp 123-135
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science & Technology
- Number of pages
- 13
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- General Internal Medicine
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-67649649457
- Other Identifier
- 991021934004704721