The Lupus Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Guide for Patients and Families

Donald E. Thomas, MD FACP FACR, Jr.

Systematic lupus erythematosus is an autoimmune disease that can affect any system and organ in the body. For the 1.4 million people in the United States who have lupus, their overactive immune system senses that different parts of the body do not belong-and it attacks these parts. The immune system may...