Hui Jin, Shihang Zhou, Yangyiyi Yu, Ming Zhao, Haijing Wu, Hai Long, Siqi Fu, Ruifang Wu, Heng Yin, Jieyue Liao, Shuangyan Luo, Yu Liu, Qing Zhang, Peng Zhang, Yixin Tan, Shuaihantian Luo, Xin Huang, Fen Li, Guanghui Ling, Qianjin Lu
OBJECTIVE: Lupus erythematosus (LE) is a complicated disease with highly heterogeneous clinical manifestations. Previous studies have rarely included all subgroups of patients with lupus and have overlooked the importance of the cutaneous manifestations thereof. We aimed to compare the demographic and clinical differences among patients with different subtypes of lupus. METHODS: This is the first real-world study with a relatively large sample size that simultaneously includes patients with isolated cutaneous lupus erythematosus (iCLE) and SLE...
March 2023: Lupus Science & Medicine