Review: Male systemic lupus erythematosus: A review of sex disparities in this disease

Lupus

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-129

  Lu, L J ^a,b   Wallace, D J ^a   Ishimori, M L ^a   Scofield, R H ^c,d   Weisman, M H ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical feature; Male; Pathogenesis; Sex differences; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; LA ANTIBODY; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; RO ANTIBODY; SEX HORMONE; SM ANTIBODY; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTHROPATHY; BLOOD DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEVER; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOSIS; VASCULITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 76049104086     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203309350755     Document Type: Review

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