A 79-Year-Old Female Patient With Altered Mental Status and Anemia.

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Rheumatology · University of Cincinnati

Elderly onset lupus is uncommon and in the past twenty-five years has been reported to occur in as few as 6% of patients to as many as 19% of patients with the diagnosis of lupus. Typical clinical presentations tend to include arthritis/arthralgias, fever, weight loss, lymphadenopathy, serositis, si...