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Review: Male systemic lupus erythematosus: a review of sex disparities in this disease.
Lupus - 1 Feb 2010
Lu L-J, Wallace D J, Ishimori M L, Scofield R H, Weisman M H
Abstract excerpt
Although males with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) represent 4-22% of all SLE patients, it may not be appropriate that these cases should be subordinated to females with SLE in terms of most health-related issues. Over the past few decades, some distinctive features of male lupus have been observed with regard to genetic and environmental aspects of sex differences, clinical features, and outcome. In...
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