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Protective effect of hydroxychloroquine on renal damage in patients with lupus nephritis: LXV, data from a multiethnic US cohort

  1. Guillermo J. Pons-Estel1,
  2. Graciela S. Alarcón1,*,
  3. Gerald McGwin Jr.1,
  4. Maria I. Danila1,
  5. Jie Zhang1,
  6. Holly M. Bastian1,
  7. John D. Reveille2,
  8. Luis M. Vilá3

Article first published online: 28 MAY 2009

DOI: 10.1002/art.24538

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Arthritis Care & Research

Arthritis Care & Research

Volume 61, Issue 6, pages 830–839, 15 June 2009

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Pons-Estel, G. J., Alarcón, G. S., McGwin, G., Danila, M. I., Zhang, J., Bastian, H. M., Reveille, J. D. and Vilá, L. M. (2009), Protective effect of hydroxychloroquine on renal damage in patients with lupus nephritis: LXV, data from a multiethnic US cohort. Arthritis & Rheumatism, 61: 830–839. doi: 10.1002/art.24538

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  1. 1

    University of Alabama at Birmingham

  2. 2

    University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

  3. 3

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

*830 Faculty Office Tower, 510 20th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35294-3408

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 MAY 2009
  2. Article first published online: 28 MAY 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 27 FEB 2009
  4. Manuscript Received: 6 NOV 2008

Funded by

  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. Grant Number: P01-AR49084
  • General Clinical Research Centers grant to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Grant Number: M01-RR02558
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham. Grant Number: M01-RR00032
  • Award from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR/NIH) RCMI Clinical Research Infrastructure Initiative to the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus. Grant Number: 1P20RR11126
  • Supporting Training Efforts in Lupus for Latin American Rheumatologists program

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