From Toronto, at the 82nd annual meeting of the Endocrine Society
A medication combining the drug prasterone and the hormone dehydroepiandrosterone, or DHEA, stabilizes or improves symptoms of the autoimmune disease lupus, according to a study from a company in California.
People with systemic lupus erythematosus suffer severe immune responses against their own body. Symptoms include skin rashes, arthritis, muscle pain, and sometimes organ damage.
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