Response to mycophenolate mofetil therapy in the patient with severe systemic lupus erythematosus

Abstract

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a disease of unknown etiology in which tissues and cells are damaged by pathogenic autoantibodies and immune complexes. About ninety percent of patients with lupus are women between the ages of 20 and 40. The disease may affect only one organ system, and it also can be a multisystem and affect the skin, joints, kidneys, lungs, nervous system, and serous membrane. In the case report is presented a 38 year old patient with severe systemic lupus erythematosus, which adequately reacted to the treatment of mycophenolate mofetil.

Keywords

• systemic lupus erythematosus
• the effect of therapy
• mycophenolate mofetil