Hormonal assessment for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus disease in Babylon province

الملخص EN

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease with variable clinical presentation.

SLE can affect all organs and the involvement of major organs can be life threatening.

This study aimed to determine the relationship of Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) and Cortisol hormone on SLE Disease.

This study was carried out on (70) study sample, (36) were patients and (34) control.

SLE disease had significant association between study groups and sex of patients with SEE disease were 16 times more likely to be female.

There were significant mean differences of Epidermal growth factor and Cortisol Hormones by study groups.