Flares in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus are associated with daily psychological stress

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 159-165

  Pawlak, Cornelius R ^a,b   Witte, Torsten ^a   Heiken, Hans ^a   Hundt, Matthias ^a   Schubert, Jörg ^a   Wiese, Birgitt ^a   Bischoff Renken, Annette ^a   Gerber, Katrin ^a   Licht, Birgit ^a   Goebel, Marion U ^d   Heijnen, Cobi J ^c   Schmidt, Reinhold E ^a   Schedlowski, Manfred ^d  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Classification and regression tree; Daily stress; Disease activity; Flare; Hand held PC; Longitudinal study; MIXED model; Social relationships; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0344511610     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069735     Document Type: Article

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