Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus in multicase families from Saudi Arabia: Comparison of clinical and laboratory variables with sporadic cases

Lupus

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 616-618

  Al Mayouf, Sulaiman M ^a   Al Sonbul, A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORTALITY; MYELITIS; PANCREAS PSEUDOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM; SAUDI ARABIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; SAUDI ARABIA; STEROIDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750507131     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096120330607192     Document Type: Article

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