TULUP (TUnisian LUPus): A multicentric study of systemic lupus erythematosus in Tunisia

International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 539-546

  Khanfir, Monia Smiti ^a,b   Houman, Mohamed Habib ^a,b   Cherif, Eya ^b,c   Hamzaoui, Amira ^a,b   Souissi, Sonia ^d   Ghorbel, Imed Ben ^a,b   Ksontini, Imène ^b,e   Braham, Amel ^a,b  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Tunisian Society of Endocrinology   (Tunisia)

^c CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^e Department of Internal Medicine   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Geographic distribution; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); ONSET AGE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SLEDAI; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TUNISIA;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNRNP CORE PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886467920     PISSN: 17561841     EISSN: 1756185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1756-185X.12152     Document Type: Article

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