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What is lupus? What are its symptoms? Who does it affect? Karen Costenbader, M.D., M.Ph., Rheumatologist and Director of the Lupus Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Professor at Harvard Medical School, explains what causes lupus flareups and how it is treated.
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0:00 Intro
0:16 What is Lupus?
0:24 Peak Age for Lupus
0:30 Body systems lupus affects
0:47 Causes
1:05 Symptoms
1:35 Treatment
2:03 Flare ups & remissions
2:26 Our goal
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Understanding Lupus: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, and Flare Ups | Mass General Brigham
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