Sex differences in disease severity among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Gender Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 365-371

  Crosslin, Katie L ^a   Wiginton, Kristin L ^a  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

comorbidities; disease severity; gender; lupus; SLE

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; NEPHRITIS; OBESITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERICARDITIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; SEPTICEMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SODIUM DEFICIENCY; STROKE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VEIN EMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURISY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 83155184550     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: 18787398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2011.10.003     Document Type: Article

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