The United States to Africa lupus prevalence gradient revisited

Lupus

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1095-1103

  Gilkeson, G S ^a   James, J A ^b   Kamen, D L ^a   Knackstedt, T J ^a   Maggi, D R ^c   Meyer, A K ^a   Ruth, N M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c West Africa Fistula Foundation   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

African American; lupus; prevalence gradient; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BETA2 GLYCOPROTEIN 1 ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ANTHROPOLOGY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LUPUS VULGARIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PREVALENCE; SIERRA LEONE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOUTH CAROLINA; VITAMIN D;

EID: 80052885947     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: 14770962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203311404915     Document Type: Article

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