© 1996 British Society for Rheumatology
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LUPUS OR LUPOID HEPATITIS WITH MESENTERIC VASCULITIS
Department of Gastroenterology and Rheumatology, Royal Berkshire & Battle Hospitals NHS Trust, Reading
A 15-yr-old girl with lupus presented with hepatitis and later a mesenteric vasculitis requiring bowel resection. The gastroenterological manifestations of lupus are reviewed with particular reference to hepatic involvement.
KEY WORDS: Systemic lupus erythematosus, Vasculitis, Lupoid hepatitis, Chronic active hepatitis