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Malignancies in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Autoimmunity reviews - 1 Feb 2010
Kiss Emese, Kovacs Laszlo, Szodoray Peter
Abstract excerpt
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypical systemic autoimmune disease, characterized by a wide array of symptoms and organ involvements, leading to varying disease courses and outcome, and ranging from mild to severe types. In patients with SLE, the incidence and risk of malignancy development is increased, and mostly non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), cervical cancer, as well as bronchial carcinomas occur....
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