Prevalence of pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus and juvenile chronic arthritis in a Chinese population: A nation-wide prospective population-based study in Taiwan

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 776-780

  Huang, Jing Long ^a,b   Yao, Tsung Chieh ^a   See, Lai Chu ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Children; Chinese; Epidemiology; Juvenile chronic arthritis; Prevalence; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 11044222054     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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