Question 269 · LEK · Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus
Which of the following symptoms are typical of systemic lupus erythematosus?
- A. photosensitivity, neurological disorders, acute pyelonephritis.
- B. photosensitivity, neurological disorders, thrombocytosis.
- C. photosensitivity, headache, pancytopenia.
- D. headache, thrombocytopenia, the presence of HLA-B27.
- E. headache, acute pyelonephritis, leukocytosis.
Hint
Lupus causes immune cytopenias and glomerulonephritis rather than bacterial kidney infection; HLA-B27 belongs to another disease group.
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