Epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus. Export

@article{citeulike:3347802, abstract = {Several recent studies have suggested that the incidence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is increasing. The female to male ratio varies from 4.3 to 13.6. SLE is more common in African-Americans, African-Caribbeans, and Asians, than in Caucasians. The age at diagnosis is younger in African-Americans than in Caucasians. Improvement in survival levelled off in the 1980s; 20-year survival is only 53-61\%.}, address = {Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E Monument Street, Suite 7500, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.}, author = {Petri, M.}, citeulike-article-id = {3347802}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12473278}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12473278}, issn = {1521-6942}, journal = {Best practice \& research. Clinical rheumatology}, keywords = {epidemiology, review, sle}, month = {December}, number = {5}, pages = {847--858}, posted-at = {2008-09-28 21:33:46}, priority = {2}, title = {Epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12473278}, volume = {16}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3347802 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3347802 N2 - Several recent studies have suggested that the incidence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is increasing. The female to male ratio varies from 4.3 to 13.6. SLE is more common in African-Americans, African-Caribbeans, and Asians, than in Caucasians. The age at diagnosis is younger in African-Americans than in Caucasians. Improvement in survival levelled off in the 1980s; 20-year survival is only 53-61%. IS - 5 JF - Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology SN - 1521-6942 AD - Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 E Monument Street, Suite 7500, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA. EP - 858 TI - Epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus. VL - 16 SP - 847 KW - epidemiology KW - review KW - sle AU - Petri, M PY - 2002/12// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12473278 ER -