Demographic, autoimmune, and clinical profiles of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in Oman

Rheumatology International

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 186-191

  Al Maini, M H ^a,b   El Ageb, E M ^a   Al Wahaibi, S S ^c   Al Farsi, Y ^a   Richens, E R ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

Arab; Autoimmunity; Oman; Organ involvement; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CREATININE; DNA ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; OMAN; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0041658929     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-003-0303-6     Document Type: Article

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