Sequential Development of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Patient with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis / 대한류마티스학회지

ABSTRACT

Overlap syndrome is used to describe patients who have two or more well-defined connective tissue diseases. Although a variety of overlap syndromes are now recognized, the coexistence of the progression of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA) to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is uncommon. We describe a patient who had typical deforming polyarthritis, who years later developed SLE.