Systemic lupus erythematosus in the elderly

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1225-1229

  Achour, Achouak ^a   Mankaï, Amani ^a   Thabet, Yosra ^a   Sakly, Wahiba ^a   Braham, Fehmi ^a   Kechrid, Chedia ^b   Bahri, Fethi ^c   Bouajina, Elyès ^c   Chouchène, Sawssen ^c   Haddad, Ons ^c   Ghedira, Ibtissem ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b SAHLOUL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Clinical and biological features; Elderly; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; NUCLEOSOME ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MALE; MOUTH ULCER; NEPHRITIS; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PERICARDITIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUNISIA;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TUNISIA;

EID: 84863613613     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-010-1744-3     Document Type: Article

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