Skin lesions in lupus erythematosus: A marker of systemic involvement

Das NK, Dutta RN, Sengupta SR. Skin lesions in lupus erythematosus: A marker of systemic involvement. Indian J Dermatol [serial online] 2011 [cited 2011 Dec 6];56:537-40.

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Nonscaring alopecia, photosensitivity, oral ulcers, and malar rash were among the cutaneous manifestation, which were having highly significant association (P<0.0001) with the presence of systemic involvement (in decreasing order of odds favoring the association with SLE). Similar observation was noted by Parodi et al.^[11] and Tebbe et al.^[3] though the associations were not found to be that strong in their study population.