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    Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) commonly presents with fatigue, fever, weight loss, and arthritis or joint pain in 80-100% of patients. Additional symptoms include butterfly rash, photosensitivity, and mouth or skin lesions in over 50% of patients. Renal, cardiac, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and central nervous system involvement also occur in 15-50% of SLE patients.

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    Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) commonly presents with fatigue, fever, weight loss, and arthritis or joint pain in 80-100% of patients. Additional symptoms include butterfly rash, photosensitivity, and mouth or skin lesions in over 50% of patients. Renal, cardiac, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and central nervous system involvement also occur in 15-50% of SLE patients.

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    Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) commonly presents with fatigue, fever, weight loss, and arthritis or joint pain in 80-100% of patients. Additional symptoms include butterfly rash, photosensitivity, and mouth or skin lesions in over 50% of patients. Renal, cardiac, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, and central nervous system involvement also occur in 15-50% of SLE patients.

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    CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS ON SYSTHEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

    Symptoms Fatigue Fever Weight loss Arthritis, arthralgia Skin Butterfly rash Photosensitivity Mucous membrane lesion Alopecia Raynauds phenomenon Purpura Urticaria Renal Nephrosis Castrointestinal Pulmonary Pleruisy Effusion Pneumonia Cardiac Pericarditis Murmurs ECG changes Lymphadenopathy Splenomegaly Hepatomegaly Central nervous system Functional Psychosis Convulsions

    Percentage 80-100 >80 >60 95 >80 >50 <58 27-41 <71 17-30 15 8 50 18 38 0.9-98 45 24 29 46 8-48 23 34-70 50 10-20 25 25-75 most 5-52 15-20

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