Climatic influence on the prevalence of noncutaneous disease flare in systemic lupus erythematosus in Hong Kong

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1031-1037

  Szeto, Cheuk Chun ^a   Mok, Hing Yim ^b   Chow, Kai Ming ^a   Lee, Tsz Cheung ^b   Leung, John Yin Kong ^b   Li, Edmund Kwok Ming ^a   Tsui, Thomas Kai Cheung ^b   Yu, Samuel ^a   Tam, Lai Shan ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG OBSERVATORY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Humidity; Lupus nephritis; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMBRANOUS GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; CLIMATE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 44949227126     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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