Survival and mortality rates of systemic lupus erythematosus patients in northwest Greece. Study of a 21-year incidence cohort [9]

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1122-1123

  Alamanos, Y ^a   Voulgari, P V ^a   Parassava, M ^a   Tsamandouraki, K ^a   Drosos, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0141504254     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg291     Document Type: Letter

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