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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

A rheumatic disease with varied symptoms, SLE is a disorder of the immune system. A patient makes autoantibodies that bind to such antigens as DNA, forming immune complexes that can injure tissue

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 243 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “Systemic Lupus Erythematosus” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 243 No. 1 (), p. 52
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0780-52