[Prevalance of antibodies against hepatitis C and B viruses in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus].

Unlabelled: Viruses might be one of the environmental agents that trigger systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Objective: To determine the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) antibodies in patients with SLE.

Methods: We investigated 110 SLE patients (106 women and 4 men, mean age 35.