Gender influences the clinical course of lupus erythematosus (LE) - a retrospective cohort study.

Gender differences have been identified in SLE, but only one study has been focused on gender differences in cutaneous LE (CLE). All patients with LE seen at the outpatient clinic of dermatological autoimmune diseases between January 2000 and December 2013 were included in a retrospective cohort study. (Figure 1) Ethics committee approval was not obtained, because of the retrospective nature of the study. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.