Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at the Kenyatta National Hospital

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1215-1217

  Ekwom, Paul Etau ^a  

^a KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Characteristics of SLE in Kenyans; SLE at Kenyatta National Hospital; SLE in Africans; SLE in Kenya

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MOUTH ULCER; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ARTHRITIS; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881170451     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: 14349949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-013-2217-3     Document Type: Article

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