Epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus at the change of the millennium: Lessons from the Euro-Lupus and the LUMINA projects

Lupus

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-2

  Cervera, Ricard ^a   Khamashta, Munther A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEX ROLE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33144455340     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0961203306lu2269ed     Document Type: Editorial

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