title: Alopecia universalis in a case of systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: We report a case of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who presented with alopecia universalis. MR, a 23 years female patient was admitted with alopecia universalis and other features of SLE like peripheral arthritis, fever, nephritis, butterfly rash over the malar regions, positive ANA and anti-ds DNA antibodies. There was a gap of four years between the onset of alopecia universalis and other clinical features of SLE. The alopecia was of non-scarry variety and responded to systemic and topical steroids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, RG Kar Medical College, Calcutta.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Basu
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dhar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mitra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis