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What is the history of Lupus?

When was Lupus discovered? What is the story of this discovery? Was it coincidence or not?

History of Lupus
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Lupus was first discovered in 1230 by the physician Rogerius who used it to describe erosive facial lesions that were reminiscent of a wolf's bite.

Posted Sep 1, 2017 by Ailsa 2000
in 1872 when Kaposi first described the systemic nature of the disorder: Kaposi proposed that there were two types of lupus erythematosus; the discoid form and a disseminated (systemic) form.

Posted Jan 29, 2018 by Kimcita 2600
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To be an autoimmune disease along the history they were studying the different symptoms separately, we were discovering little by little that the symptoms were related, and in 1954 Harvey puts lupus erythematosus systemic root in the mayo clinic researcher Philip Showalter Hench demonstrated the efficacy of corticosteroids in rheumatic diseases, which earned him the nobel in medicine in 1950

Posted Aug 31, 2017 by Prado 2000
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not the one who discovered but is called a Wolf

Posted Aug 31, 2017 by lissette 2222
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Nombre de una antigua familia romana.
William osler

Posted Aug 31, 2017 by Rosa Maria 2000
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It was discovered in the middle ages
In the century xll by Rogerius

Posted Oct 3, 2017 by FABIOLA 2010

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