Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus

Abstract

The main goal of this paper is to summarise clinical knowledges, laboratory results and properties of autoantibodies of systemic lupus erythematosus and its features in juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus. The differentiation between adult and juvenile SLE its not easy. This paper presents over 40 years of clinical experients of first author in pediatric rheumatology. Paper brings clinical characteristics of 32 child patients with juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus. Authors discussed possibilities of differential diagnostics, therapy and perspectives in this field of medicine. Three case reports with own original pictures and clinical documentation are published as a part of this paper.