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Systemic Lupus ErythematosusOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
Abstract: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, and often multisystemic disorder of connective tissue, characterized principally by involvement of the skin, joints, kidney and serosal membranes. Microalbuminuria is defined as excretion of between 30 and 300 mg of albumin a day in the urine of 20-200 ug/min of albumin. Possible familial tendency of SLE is still a mysterious question which has not been properly answered in the literature till now, yet there’s growing evidence that possible genetic aberration in families may play a significant pathogenic role.
Results: We found that siblings of patients with nephritis had a relatively higher rate of microalbuminuria though no statistical significance could be obtained