Comparison of juvenile and adult onset systemic lupus erythematosus
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Yiannis Ioannou; Tanya Baqai
- Source
- British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005). 73(10)
- Subject
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Unknown aetiology
Disease
Young Adult
immune system diseases
Antiphospholipid syndrome
Internal medicine
medicine
Juvenile
Humans
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Age of Onset
skin and connective tissue diseases
Autoimmune disease
business.industry
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Prognosis
Rheumatology
Treatment Outcome
Antibodies, Antinuclear
Immunology
business
Nephritis
Anti-SSA/Ro autoantibodies
- Language
- ISSN
- 1750-8460
Systemic lupus erythematosus is a multisystem autoimmune disease of unknown aetiology, described as juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus if the onset is before 16–18 years of age. This review outlines current understanding of juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus and differences between this and adult onset disease.