Lymphopenia is a risk factor in the progression of carotid intima-media thickness in juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3766-3775

  Huang, Yu Lin ^a   Chung, Hung Tao ^b   Chang, Chee Jen ^a   Yeh, Kuo Wei ^b   Chen, Li Chen ^b   Huang, Jing Long ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAROTID ARTERIES; CREATININE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; NAILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 73249138622     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.25019     Document Type: Article

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