Clinical profile of patients with late-onset SLE: Not a benign subgroup

Lupus

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-28

  Mak, S K ^a   Lam, E K M ^a   Wong, A K M ^a  

^a KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Clinical profile; Late onset; SLE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031982694     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096120398678919723     Document Type: Article

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