Autoantibodies in black South Africans with systemic lupus erythematosus: Spectrum and clinical associations

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-265

  Tikly, M ^a,d   Burgin, S ^a   Mohanlal, P ^b   Bellingan, A ^b   George, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^d NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Autoantibodies; Blacks; Lupus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; DNA ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0029947124     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02229704     Document Type: Article

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