Guest: Ronald R. Butendieck, Jr. M.D.

Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. (@ChutkaMD)

Lupus can be challenging to diagnosis. Dr. Ron Butendieck discusses common presentation and some of the more enigmatic symptoms. What role does genetics play? Geography? Race? Dr. Butendieck details when you should include lupus on your differential and how to approach lab testing and treatment.

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Deeper Dive:

• 2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus https://doi.org/10.1002/art.40930