Hospital experience and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 891-898

  Ward, Michael M ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGED; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032952431     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199905)42:5<891::AID-ANR7>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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