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Hypothermia and systemic lupus erythematosus
S L Kugler1, D T Costakos, A M Aron
1Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York, New York 10029.
The Journal of Rheumatology
|May 1, 1990
We describe an 18-year-old black woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who presented with an exacerbation of polymyositis and neuropsychiatric symptoms. After starting prednisone she became hypothermic for 5 days. Hypothermia associated with SLE has been described in only 3 patients.
We describe an 18-year-old black woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who presented with an exacerbation of polymyositis and neuropsychiatric symptoms. After starting prednisone she became hypothermic for 5 days. Hypothermia associated with SLE has been described in only 3 patients.