Stroke incidence is 3-20% in systemic lupus patients, and is highest in the first five years of the disease.

However, it is not clear which mechanism is the actual cause of cerebritis in lupus patients.

Further studies are needed however to prove the underlying assumption that cerebral vasospasm causes migraines in lupus patients.

The company will then start a clinical test of the antibody in lupus patients.

And no two lupus patients have the same symptoms.

The abzyme is derived from lupus patients and people who naturally resist HIV infection.

For lupus patients under 40, the risk was 480 percent higher.

The gene was most common of all among the black lupus patients who also had nephritis.

The link is not strong enough to justify screening black lupus patients for the gene at this time, Dr. Salmon said.

I don't have any of the symptoms that a lot of lupus patients have.