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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Woman with Mental Handicap

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

David N. Wilson
David N. Wilson*
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Handicap, University of Nottingham, E Floor, South Block, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH
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Abstract

A woman with a mental handicap developed SLE. This magnified the level of her handicap, and because of her difficulties in giving a history, mildly abnormal results of tests in any one system were dismissed over long periods of time. This resulted in very late diagnosis of a potentially treatable disease.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 3 , March 1991 , pp. 427 - 429
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1991 

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