Lupus: The Facts

by Graham R.V. Hughes

Though one of the lesser known illnesses, Lupus affects an enormous number of people worldwide (there are 1 million sufferers in the USA alone), and is far more prevalent than many better known illnesses (such as MS and leukaemia). Lupus is a disease of the immune system, resulting from the over-production of antibodies. Typical first symptoms include skin rashes, hair loss, joint swellings, fever; however, it can then go on to start affecting major...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192631454
• ISBN13: 9780192631459
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.2" x 7.8"