Skin is the most frequently damaged system in recent-onset systemic lupus erythematosus in a tropical region

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 377-380

  Vilar, Maria José Pereira ^a   Bezerra, Elaine Lira Medeiros ^a   Sato, Emilia Inoue ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cutaneous damage; Early damage; System lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GONADAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG INJURY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OUTPATIENT; PLEURAL FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCAR FORMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 23344453565     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-004-1041-1     Document Type: Article

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