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Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort, XXXVII: Association of lymphopenia with clinical manifestations, serologic abnormalities, disease activity, and damage accrual

  1. Luis M. Vilá1,*,
  2. Graciela S. Alarcón2,
  3. Gerald McGwin Jr2,
  4. Holly M. Bastian2,
  5. Barri J. Fessler2,
  6. John D. Reveille3

Article first published online: 29 SEP 2006

DOI: 10.1002/art.22224

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Arthritis Care & Research

Arthritis Care & Research

Volume 55, Issue 5, pages 799–806, 15 October 2006

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Vilá, L. M., Alarcón, G. S., McGwin, G., Bastian, H. M., Fessler, B. J. and Reveille, J. D. (2006), Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort, XXXVII: Association of lymphopenia with clinical manifestations, serologic abnormalities, disease activity, and damage accrual. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 55: 799–806. doi: 10.1002/art.22224

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  1. 1

    University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

  2. 2

    University of Alabama at Birmingham

  3. 3

    University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

*Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, PO Box 365067, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-5067

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 29 SEP 2006
  2. Article first published online: 29 SEP 2006
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 13 JAN 2006
  4. Manuscript Received: 10 AUG 2005

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  • NIH (Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases). Grant Number: R01-AR-42503
  • General Clinical Research Centers to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Grant Number: M01-RR-02558
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham. Grant Number: M01-RR-00032
  • RCMI Clinical Research Infrastructure Initiative (award) from the National Center for Research Resources to the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus. Grant Number: 1P20-RR-11126

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