Mild presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus in elderly patients assessed by SLEDAI

Lupus

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 462-465

  Formiga, F ^a   Moga, I ^a   Pac, M ^a   Mitjavila, F ^a   Rivera, A ^a   Pujol, R ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Late onset; SLEDAI; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; DNA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0032832197     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096120339900800609     Document Type: Article

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