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Small-bowel involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus: a morphometric and immunohistochemical study.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Sept 1999
Elia C C, Carneiro A J, De Souza H S, Carvalho A T, Pimentel M L, Papi J A
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BACKGROUND: We have investigated the intestinal mononuclear cell subpopulations in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and correlated these with the disease activity. METHODS: Eighteen female outpatients were studied; in 10 of them lupus activity was measured with the Lupus Activity Criteria Count and the SLE Disease Activity Index. Eight patients were in lupus remission. The control group consisted...
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