PMID- 9863895
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990311
LR  - 20170214
IS  - 0961-2033 (Print)
IS  - 0961-2033 (Linking)
VI  - 7
IP  - 8
DP  - 1998
TI  - Mucocutaneous disease in Arabs with systemic lupus erythematosus: clinical 
      expression and relevance to autoantibodies.
PG  - 535-9
AB  - Both criterial and non-criterial mucocutaneous manifestations of 42 Arabs with 
      systemic lupus erythematosus are reviewed. Photosensitivity occurred in 40.5%, 
      malar rash in 35.75% and oral ulcers in 26% of patients. Subcutaneous nodules and 
      subcutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE) were not seen, and there were few cases 
      of discoid rash (DLE), Raynaud's phenomenon, livedo reticularis and SLE-related 
      sicca and anticardiolipin syndromes. In the clinical relevance of autoantibodies 
      in these patients, there was a significant association between anti-Sm antibodies 
      and oral ulcers (P= 0.033) and, interestingly, between anti-cardiolipin (aCL) 
      antibodies and lack of photosensitivity (P = 0.014). The report also reviews 
      previously presented data on mucocutaneous LE in Arab and non-Arab patients and 
      emphasises the presence of intra- and inter-racial variations of SLE expression 
      including the clinical relevance to autoantibodies.
FAU - Al-Attia, H M
AU  - Al-Attia HM
AD  - Department of Internal Medicine in Mafraq Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab 
      Emirates.
FAU - Al Ahmed, Y H
AU  - Al Ahmed YH
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Lupus
JT  - Lupus
JID - 9204265
RN  - 0 (Autoantibodies)
SB  - IM
MH  - *Arabs
MH  - Autoantibodies/*blood
MH  - Exanthema/*complications/immunology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/*complications/*immunology
MH  - Male
MH  - Photosensitivity Disorders/complications/immunology
MH  - Raynaud Disease/*complications/immunology
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Skin Diseases/*complications/*immunology
MH  - United Arab Emirates
EDAT- 1998/12/24 00:00
MHDA- 1998/12/24 00:01
CRDT- 1998/12/24 00:00
PHST- 1998/12/24 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1998/12/24 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1998/12/24 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1191/096120398678920569 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Lupus. 1998;7(8):535-9. doi: 10.1191/096120398678920569.