title: Prevalence of familial systemic lupus erythematosus in Taiwan.
abstract: A survey of familial occurrence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) was conducted among 728 first-degree relatives of 102 SLE patients. All of the patients were from the rheumatology ward or outpatient clinic of Kaohsiung Medical College. Ten familial members (9.80%) in the 102 patients with SLE suffered from the same disease. Among them, one (20%) was from the 5 male patient families and 9 (9.28%) were from the 97 female patient families. The overall prevalence of SLE in first-degree relatives of SLE patients was 1.37% (10/728).
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Taiwan Provincial Tainan Hospital, Republic of China.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yen
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology