title: Systemic lupus erythematosus: epidemiological clues to aetiology.
abstract: The aetiology of systemic lupus erythematosus remains unknown. In this article data are presented on its incidence and prevalence, age, sex and racial distribution, mortality studies, and the role that genetic and environmental factors may play in its aetiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham.
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Hopkinson
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D044469:Racial Groups; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors