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Excess atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus,—A matter of renal involvement: Case control study of 281 SLE patients and 281 individually matched population controls

BACKGROUND: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), is a heterogeneous disease which predominantly affects young females (90%). SLE is associated with a shorter life expectancy than in the general population. Standardized mortality ratios (SMR) of 2.4 have been reported, which is comparable to diabetes....

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Autores principales: Gustafsson, Johanna T., Herlitz Lindberg, Marie, Gunnarsson, Iva, Pettersson, Susanne, Elvin, Kerstin, Öhrvik, John, Larsson, Anders, Jensen-Urstad, Kerstin, Svenungsson, Elisabet
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5393555/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28414714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174572