Response to: 'Increased stroke incidence in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: risk factors or disease itself?' by Bruzzese and Zullo

Elizabeth V Arkema¹, Marios Rossides¹, Mia Von Euler², Elisabet Svenungsson³, Christopher Sjöwall⁴, Julia F Simard^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Clinical Science and Education and Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Department of Medicine Solna, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.
⁴ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology/Division of Neuro and Inflammation Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Health Research & Policy, Division of Epidemiology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology & Rheumatology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.

Comment

Elizabeth V Arkema et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Oct.

. 2018 Oct;77(10):e72.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212604. Epub 2017 Nov 16.

Elizabeth V Arkema¹, Marios Rossides¹, Mia Von Euler², Elisabet Svenungsson³, Christopher Sjöwall⁴, Julia F Simard^{1

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¹ Department of Medicine Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
² Clinical Science and Education and Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
³ Department of Medicine Solna, Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.
⁴ Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology/Division of Neuro and Inflammation Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
⁵ Department of Health Research & Policy, Division of Epidemiology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology & Rheumatology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiovascular disease; smoking; systemic lupus erythematosus.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Stroke in systemic lupus erythematosus: a Swedish population-based cohort study.
Arkema EV, Svenungsson E, Von Euler M, Sjöwall C, Simard JF. Arkema EV, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Sep;76(9):1544-1549. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210973. Epub 2017 Apr 11. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017. PMID: 28400384
Increased stroke incidence in systemic lupus erythematosus patients: risk factors or disease itself?
Bruzzese V, Zullo A. Bruzzese V, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Oct;77(10):e71. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212600. Epub 2017 Nov 4. Ann Rheum Dis. 2018. PMID: 29102954 No abstract available.