Seasonal variation of primary neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus [3]

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1913-1914

  Steup Beekman, Gerda M ^a   Gahrmann, Bastiaan M A ^a   Steens, Stefan C A ^a   Van Buchem, Mark A ^a   Huizinga, Tom W J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA ANTIBODY;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; LETTER; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

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

EID: 33748535769     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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