Systemic lupus erythematosus in Europe at the change of the millennium: lessons from the "Euro-Lupus Project".
The "Euro-Lupus Cohort" is composed by 1000 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that have been followed prospectively since 1991. These patients have been gathered by a European consortium--the "Euro-Lupus Project Group". This consortium was originated as part of the network promoted by the "European Working Party on SLE", a working group created in 1990 in order to promote research in Europe on the different problems related to this disease. The "Euro-Lupus Cohort" provides an updated information on the SLE morbidity and mortality characteristics in the present decade as well as defines several clinical and immunological prognostic factors.
Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Servei de Malalties Autoimmunes, Hospital Clínic, Villarroel 170, 08036-Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. rcervera@clinic.ub.es
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D017668:Age of Onset; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000097:blood; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate
D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear