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Prognostic significance of platelet count in SLE patients.
Platelets - 1 Mar 2017
Abdel Galil Sahar Mahfouz, Edrees Azzahra Mohammed, Ajeeb Afnan Khaled, Aldoobi Ghadeer Sameer, El-Boshy Mohamed, Hussain Waleed
Abstract excerpt
Hematological abnormalities, especially thrombocytopenia (TCP), are highly prevalent among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and at the same time it has been reported as a significant prognostic factor of SLE course. We further investigate the correlation between platelet count and the clinical manifestations and disease activity of SLE, in a cohort of Saudi Arabian female patients. A retrospective...
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