Familial Occurrence of Disseminated Lupus Erythematosus

ONLY a few cases of the familial occurrence of disseminated lupus erythematosus have been reported in the literature. This report is concerned with the observation of disseminated lupus erythematosus occurring in both mother and daughter.Case ReportsCase 1. J.K., a 44-year-old housewife, was admitted to the Beth-El Hospital on September 4, 1953. She had emigrated from Russia at the age of 2. Her mother had died of a "stroke" at 65, and her father of a heart attack at 64 years of age. Two sisters were living and well. One brother had had rheumatic fever and hay fever. She . . .