The impact of race and ethnicity on disease severity in systemic lupus erythematosus

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-307

  Crosslin, Katie L ^a   Wiginton, Kristin L ^b  

^a CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Autoimmunity; Chronic; Comorbidities; Disease severity; Epidemiology; Lupus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; ETHNOLOGY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS; PERICARDITIS; PLEURISY; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS; PERICARDITIS; PLEURISY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349780867     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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