Systemic lupus erythematosus in Iran: A study of 2280 patients over 33 years

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 374-379

  Akbarian, Mahmood ^a   Faezi, Seyedeh Tahereh ^a   Gharibdoost, Farhad ^a   Shahram, Farhad ^a   Nadji, Abdolhadi ^a   Jamshidi, Ahmad Reza ^a   Akhlaghi, Maasoumeh ^a   Shafaie, Nahid ^a   Akhlaghkhah, Maryam ^a   Davatchi, Fereydoun ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Clinical aspects; Epidemiology; Iran; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DNA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958102429     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2010.01547.x     Document Type: Article

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