Abstract
Lupoid sclerosis is a diagnosis of exclusion with similar clinical, inmunological and imagenological findings between erithematous systemic lupus (SLE) and multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim of this article is to review immunology, laboratory differential diagnosis and treatment to facilitate the understanding of EL as a clinical entity.
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