Clinical and immunological manifestations in 624 SLE patients in Saudi Arabia

Lupus

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 465-473

  Al Arfaj, Abdurahman Saud ^a   Khalil, N ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Clinical manifestations; Ethnicity; Immunological manifestations; Outcome; Saudi Arabia; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DNA ANTIBODY; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LA ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; RHESUS ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; SM ANTIBODY; VITAMIN D;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOID LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; ONSET AGE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; REMISSION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS RASH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63749099481     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203308100660     Document Type: Article

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