## Abstract ## Objective To investigate whether comorbidity as assessed by the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) is associated with mortality in a long‐term followup of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients. ## Methods Data were collected from 499 SLE patients attending the Lupus Clinic at
Mortality in systemic lupus erythematosus
✍ Scribed by S. Bernatsky; J.-F. Boivin; L. Joseph; S. Manzi; E. Ginzler; D. D. Gladman; M. Urowitz; P. R. Fortin; M. Petri; S. Barr; C. Gordon; S.-C. Bae; D. Isenberg; A. Zoma; C. Aranow; M.-A. Dooley; O. Nived; G. Sturfelt; K. Steinsson; G. Alarcón; J.-L. Senécal; M. Zummer; J. Hanly; S. Ensworth; J. Pope; S. Edworthy; A. Rahman; J. Sibley; H. El-Gabalawy; T. McCarthy; Y. St. Pierre; A. Clarke; R. Ramsey-Goldman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 136 KB
- Volume
- 54
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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