Role of specialty care in the management of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1207-1210

  Urowitz, Murray B ^a   Kagal, Allan ^a   Rahman, Proton ^a   Gladman, Dafna D ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease activity; Specialty care; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONSULTATION; DATA BASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REGISTER; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OFFICE VISITS; ONTARIO; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REGISTRIES; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

CORTICOSTEROID;

EID: 0035990245     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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