Ethnic differences in the clinical expression of systemic lupus erythematosus: A comparative study between African-Americans and Latin Americans

Lupus

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-67

  Molina, J F ^a   Molina, J ^b,c   Garcia C ^a   Gharavi, A E ^a   Wilson, W A ^a   Espinoza, L R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c NONE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

African Americans; ANA; Ethnicity; Latin Americans; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVEDO RETICULARIS; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0031016094     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096120339700600109     Document Type: Article

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