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Clinical and immunogenetic factors associated with pneumonia in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case-control study.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Sept 2014
Rúa-Figueroa Iñigo, Nóvoa Javier, García-Laorden María Isabel, Erausquin Celia, García-Bello Miguel, Rodríguez de Castro Felipe, Herrera-Ramos Estefanía, Ojeda Soledad, Quevedo Juan Carlos, Francisco Félix, Naranjo Antonio, Rodríguez-Lozano Carlos, Rodríguez-Gallego Carlos
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence of pneumonia and associated factors in a single-center systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) cohort. METHODS: We included all our SLE patients [1997 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria] with ≥ 1 pneumonia event, and 196 age and sex-matched SLE controls with no pneumonia events. Cumulative clinical data, weighted Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/ACR...
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