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EUGENE M. FARBER, M.D.; ANTHONY P. MORECI, Ph.D.; RODERICK D. SAGE, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1959;79(3):340-349.

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In the medical literature of this century, many authors have discussed the relationship of chronic discoid lupus erythematosus to systemic lupus erythematosus. The expressed viewpoints range from that of Belote,¹ who considered chronic discoid lupus erythematosus a variant of systemic lupus erythematosus, to that of Baehr,² who considered chronic discoid lupus erythematosus and systemic lupus erythematosus alike in name only.

In 1950, Huff, Taylor, and Keys³ stated, "Chronic discoid lupus erythematosus is accompanied by pathologic changes in arteries at some distance from the lesion." These investigators claimed that an abnormal circulation exists in the fingers of patients with chronic discoid lupus erythematosus. They were uncertain whether the altered digital blood flow was due to changes in elasticity in the arterial tree or whether it was due to abnormal activity of arteriovenous shunts. In their study of 11 patients with chronic discoid lupus . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
San Francisco

From the Division of Dermatology, Stanford University School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication July 18, 1958.

Read before the 78th Annual Meeting of the American Dermatological Association, Inc., Sun Valley, Idaho, June 4, 1958.

This investigation was supported by a research grant from the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, No. E1443(C2).

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