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Autoimmune & RheumaticSevere
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Rheumatology · Autoimmune & Rheumatic
Severe
Severity
Uncommon — affects roughly 20-150 per 100,000 people, far more often women
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Rheumatology
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by a complex interplay of genetic susceptibility
- 2hormonal factors
- 3and environmental triggers such as ultraviolet light exposure
- 4certain infections
- 5and some medications that provoke an abnormal autoimmune response. Estrogen is thought to play a role given its strong predominance in women
- 6and family history increases risk substantially.
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