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NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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NetWellness provides the highest quality health information and education services created and evaluated by faculty of our partner universities.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Lupus |
LUPUS02/28/2002 |
HOW DO YOU GET lUPUS?
Lupus, also known as systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE, is not a contagious disease - you cannot catch it from someone who has the disease. We do not know what causes the disease, in most cases. Some patients have a strong family history of lupus; that is, several close relatives who have the disease. These patients probably have an inherited tendency to develop lupus, but the precise genes that increase the likelihood of developing lupus are still being identified. Some drugs increase the risk of developing lupus. The two most common drugs that do this are hydralazine, which is used to treat high blood pressure and congestive heart failure, and procainamide, which is used to treat a type of heart disease.
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Fred Finkelman, MD Director, Division of Immunology Division of Immunology and Allergy Department of Internal Medicine College of Medicine University of Cincinnati |
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