title: European Working Party on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: a 15-year report.
abstract: The "European Working Party on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus" was created 15 years ago in order to promote research in Europe on the different problems related to this disease. Nowadays, more than 50 European centres are collaborating in this venture, 9 large multicentre studies are ongoing and 10 workshops have been organized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Institut Clínic de Medicina i Dermatologia (ICMiD), Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. rcervera@clinic.ub.es
authors.forename: Ricard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cervera
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Font
authors.forename: Yehuda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shoenfeld
mesh_terms: D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends