Prolonged corrected QT interval in anti-Ro/SSA-positive adults with systemic lupus erythematosus

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1031-1037

  Bourré Tessier, Josiane ^a   Clarke, Ann E ^a   Huynh, Thao ^a   Bernatsky, Sasha ^a   Joseph, Lawrence ^a   Belisle, Patrick ^a   Pineau, Christian A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; RO SSA ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY DAMAGE INDEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX; SYSTEMIC LUPUS INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATING CLINICS INDEX;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HUMANS; LONG QT SYNDROME; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80051718843     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20470     Document Type: Article

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