Médecine et Santé Tropicales
MENUPatients’ Families’ Perceptions of Lupus in Sub-Saharan Africa Volume 27, issue 4, Octobre-Novembre-Décembre 2017
Authors
Introduction
1 CHU Libreville, BP2228 Libreville, Gabon
2 CHU de Souro Sanou, Burkina Faso
3 Hôpital d’instructions des armées, Libreville, Gabon
4 Direction générale de la statistique du ministère de l’Économie de la prospective et de la programmation du développement durable, Gabon
* Correspondance
- Key words: Lupus, family, treatment, Gabon
- DOI : 10.1684/mst.2017.0747
- Page(s) : 407-10
- Published in: 2017
Lupus is an autoimmune disease affecting the connective tissue. Its clinical and biological polymorphism is often misunderstood by patients and families and can lead to treatment interruption and a decision to turn to alternative medicine.