Premature atherosclerosis in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus: Risk factors for increased carotid intima-media thickness in the atherosclerosis prevention in pediatric lupus erythematosus cohort
โ Scribed by Laura E. Schanberg; Christy Sandborg; Huiman X. Barnhart; Stacy P. Ardoin; Eric Yow; Gregory W. Evans; Kelly L. Mieszkalski; Norman T. Ilowite; Anne Eberhard; Deborah M. Levy; Yukiko Kimura; Emily von Scheven; Earl Silverman; Suzanne L. Bowyer; Lynn Punaro; Nora G. Singer; David D. Sherry; Deborah McCurdy; Marissa Klein-Gitelman; Carol Wallace; Richard Silver; Linda Wagner-Weiner; Gloria C. Higgins; Hermine I. Brunner; Lawrence Jung; Jennifer B. Soep; Ann Reed; Atherosclerosis Prevention in Pediatric Lupus Erythematosus Investigators
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 182 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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## Objective. To determine the presence of early carotid atherosclerosis and associated risk factors in patients with juvenile-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods. The carotid intima-media wall thickness (IMT) was measured by B-mode ultrasound in patients with SLE onset before the ag