The epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus in populations of African ancestry: A critical review of the 'prevalence gradient hypothesis'

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2091-2099

  Bae, Sang Cheol ^a   Fraser, Patricia ^a   Liang, Matthew H ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MIGRATION; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AFRICA; CARIBBEAN REGION; EUROPE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032417067     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199812)41:12<2091::AID-ART2>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Review

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