The clinical characterisation of systemic lupus erythematosus in a Far North Queensland Indigenous kindred

Lupus

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-148

  Mason, J A ^a   Bossingham, D ^b  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family study; Genetics; Lupus

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PEDIGREE; QUEENSLAND; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349159771     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: 14770962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203308094997     Document Type: Article

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