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Risk of damage and mortality in SLE patients fulfilling the ACR or only the SLICC classification criteria. A 10-year, inception cohort study.
Lupus - 1 Apr 2018
Inês L, Rodrigues M, Jesus D, Fonseca F P, Silva J A P
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Objective To compare damage and mortality, from inception up to 10-year follow-up, between SLE patients meeting at baseline the 1997 ACR criteria or only the 2012 SLICC classification criteria. Methods Patients fulfilling the ACR and/or the SLICC classification criteria for SLE were enrolled at inception and followed-up to 10 years at an academic lupus clinic. Damage was defined as SLICC Damage Index (SDI) score...
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