Systemic lupus erythematosus in Kuwait - Hospital based study

Lupus

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 434-438

  Al Jarallah, K ^a,b   Al Awadi, A ^c   Siddiqui, H ^c   Al Salim, I ^c   Shehab, D ^a,b   Umamaheswaran, I ^a   Gaurer, S ^b   Al Saied, K ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Malaviya, A N ^a,b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c AL AMIRI HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Kuwait; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SKIN DEFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE;

EID: 7844249274     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/096120398678920389     Document Type: Article

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