VIDEO: Sunscreen paramount in reducing cutaneous lupus effects

ByJ. Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD

ByRebecca L. Forand

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CLEVELAND — While new treatments for cutaneous lupus are on the horizon, sunscreen remains the best way to offset effects, according to J. Michelle Kahlenberg, MD, PhD.

Kahlenberg, associate professor of internal medicine and dermatology, Giles Boles and Dorothy Mulkey Research Professor of Rheumatology and vice chair of basic and translational research at University of Michigan, delivered two talks about cutaneous lupus at the Cleveland Clinic’s Medical Dermatology Therapy Update III meeting discussing the current and future treatment options.

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Kahlenberg JM. Present and future insights into the pathogenesis of cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Presented at: Medical Dermatology Therapy Update III; May 29-31, 2024; Cleveland.

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Kahlenberg JM. Update in treatment of cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Presented at: Medical Dermatology Therapy Update III; May 29-31, 2024; Cleveland.

Disclosures: Kahlenberg reports being a consultant and/or advisory board member for and/or receiving research funding from AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Ventus Therapeutics, GlaxoSmithKline, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Lupus Therapeutics, Janssen, ROME Therapeutics and Danger Bio.

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