Pulmonary hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus: Clinical association and survival in 18 patients

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1923-1929

  Li, Edmund K ^a   Tam, Lai Shan ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese pulmonary hypertension; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RAYNAUD DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033454105     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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