Childhood systemic lupus erythematosus in Sultanate of Oman: Demographics and clinical analysis

Lupus

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 683-686

  Abdwani, R ^a   Rizvi, S G ^b   El Nour, I ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Arab; Childhood onset systemic lupus erythematosus; Sultanate of Oman

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROPATHY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEPHRITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SKIN DEFECT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; OMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 48249099742     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203307087611     Document Type: Review

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