The butterfly rash of lupus: An example of aposematism?
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Duke University Medical Center, 151G, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
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Arthritis Research & Therapy 2013, 15:106 doi:10.1186/ar4155
Published: 19 February 2013First paragraph (this article has no abstract)
Even the most seasoned and savvy clinician views lupus warily, considering it one of the most bewildering diseases in all of medicine. This situation should not be a surprise since the manifestations of lupus are dizzying in their variety and exasperating in their subtlety. Furthermore, although lupus has been at the heart of immunology research for decades, investigators have yet to figure out its basis. Lupus represents a blatant violation of the most fundamental laws of the immune system. Nevertheless, the disturbances that dangerously turn self into non-self remain totally obscure.
