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<Journal>
<PublisherName></PublisherName>
<JournalTitle>International Journal of Preventive Medicine</JournalTitle>
<Issn>2008-7802</Issn>
<Volume>2</Volume>
<Issue>4</Issue>
<PubDate>
<Year>2011</Year>
<Month>05</Month>
<Day>09</Day>
</PubDate>
</Journal>
<ArticleTitle>Hepatic Necrosis: A Main Presentation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Previously Healthy Woman</ArticleTitle>
<FirstPage>142</FirstPage>
<LastPage>142</LastPage>
<Language>EN</Language>
<AuthorList>
<Author>
<FirstName>Majid</FirstName>
<LastName>Avijgan</LastName>
</Author>
<Author>
<FirstName>Mohsen</FirstName>
<LastName>Meidani</LastName>
<Affiliation>MD, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.. meidani@med.mui.ac.ir</Affiliation>
</Author>
<Author>
<FirstName>Mansour</FirstName>
<LastName>Salesi</LastName>
</Author>
<Author>
<FirstName>Farshid</FirstName>
<LastName>Rezaei</LastName>
</Author>
</AuthorList>
<History>
<PubDate>
<Year>2011</Year>
<Month>03</Month>
<Day>15</Day>
</PubDate>
<PubDate>
<Year>2011</Year>
<Month>05</Month>
<Day>03</Day>
</PubDate>
<PubDate>
<Year>2011</Year>
<Month>04</Month>
<Day>14</Day>
</PubDate>
</History>
<Abstract>Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown cause. In this study, we report a case of SLE that was presented with persistent vomiting and liver involvement. To our knowledge, this is the first description of a patient with hepatic necrosis as the initial presentation of SLE in a previously healthy woman without any significant past medical history. In the literature, we found few cases of SLE with liver necrosis. In addition, all the cases found had a past medical history of a missed abortion or other complications of the disease. Therefore, if a young woman presents hepatic necrosis with a background of a previously missed abortion, it is better to perform anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) and anticardiolipin antibody tests as a preventive method for early diagnosis and early treatment.Keywords: Hepatitis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Hepatic necrosis.</Abstract>
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