ABSTRACT
The file lupus-506 consists of 506 publication abstracts from Medline. To the negative side, the meta-key contains words related to lupus treatments and protocols. The associated doc-key deals with the socio-economic situation of patients and their quality of life as measured by the damage index defined by the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology. The word sdi for system damage index, found in a fairly central position, corresponds to a tool for evaluating organ damage for the most common form of lupus. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can affect different parts of the body and different sections of the population. Symptoms as well as severity of the disease vary from person to person. The chapter explains the words corresponding to names of 48 drugs or lupus treatments. Lupus is a complex disease that can affect different organs, which explains the variety of drugs and their evolution.
