The incidence and prevalence of systemic lupus erythematosus in the UK, 1999-2012

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 136-141

  Rees, Frances ^a,b   Doherty, Michael ^a   Grainge, Matthew ^a   Davenport, Graham ^c   Lanyon, Peter ^a,b   Zhang, Weiya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; UNITED KINGDOM; BLACK PERSON; CARIBBEAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954230668     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206334     Document Type: Article

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