Clinical Features of Systemic Lupus (SLE)
General: Fever (50%), Depression, Fatigue (75%), Weight loss (50%)
Eye: Sjögrens (15%)
Skin (85%): Photosensitivity, Butterfly rash, Vasculitis, Purpura, Urticaria
Chest (50%): Pleurisy / effusion, Restrictive lung defect (rare)
Raynaud's phenomenon (20%)
Joints (90%): Aseptic necrosis of hip (rare), Arthritis in small joints
Nervous system (60%): Fits, Hemiplegia, Ataxia, Polyneuropathy, Cranial nerve lesions, Psychosis, Demyelinating syndromes
Heart (25%): Pericarditis, Endocarditis, Aortic valve lesions
Abdominal pain (20%)
Renal disease (30%): Glomerulonephritis
Myositis(5%)
Blood (75%): Anemia (normochromic nomocytic or haemolytic Coombs positive), Leucopenia/lymphopenia, Thrombocytopenia

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