A hot spot for systemic lupus erythematosus, but not for psoriatic arthritis, identified by spatial analysis suggests an interaction between ethnicity and place of residence

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1579-1585

  Al Maini, Mustafa ^a,b,d   Jeyalingam, Thurarshen ^b   Brown, Patrick ^c   Lee, Jennifer J Y ^b   Li, Lennon ^a   Su, Jiandong ^a,d   Gladman, Dafna D ^a,d   Fortin, Paul R ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MAFRAQ HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, PSORIATIC; CANADA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878580442     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.37897     Document Type: Article

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