Two Sisters were Diagnosed with Childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematous
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https://doi.org/10.36330/kmj.v18i2.3671Keywords:
Childhood Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, SLEAbstract
We are herein reporting two female siblings with childhood-onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). The children were diagnosed as having SLE in reverse birth order at ages 2 and 6 years. Younger sister's initial symptoms were serositis, proteinuria, and hemolytic anemia with laboratory findings of hypocomplementemia and positive ANA/anti-dsDNA antibody. After 18 months, the older sister presented with high-grade fever, arthralgia proteinuria, oral mucous ulcer, butterfly rash, and positive ANA/anti-dsDNA antibody.
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