Attention to Lupus is Long Overdue! Better Understanding of Disease Leads to Better Therapies
In this episode of Derms and Conditions, host James Q. Del Rosso, DO, welcomes Joseph Merola, MD, for a clinically focused discussion on updates in cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE). Long considered an area with limited therapeutic progress, CLE is gaining renewed attention as advances in disease biology and immunopathogenesis begin to inform new therapeutic approaches.
They begin by discussing the importance of early recognition, particularly for scarring forms such as discoid lupus erythematosus, where permanent damage often drives diagnosis rather than earlier inflammatory changes. To…
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