The clinical and epidemiologic features in 140 patients with lupus nephritis in a predominantly black population from one center in Kingston, Jamaica

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 327, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 324-329

  Williams, Winston ^a   Shah, Dipak ^a   Sargeant, Lincoln A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Black patients; Clinical features; Lupus nephritis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHRITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; JAMAICA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NEPHRITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEINURIA; RASH; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM;

EID: 2942644950     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200406000-00005     Document Type: Article

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