Seasonal variation of lupus nephritis: High prevalence of class V lupus nephritis during the winter and spring

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1053-1057

  Schlesinger, Naomi ^a   Schlesinger, Michael ^b   Seshan, Surya V ^c  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lupus nephritis; Seasonal; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 20444431856     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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