COVID-19 infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: Data from the Asia Pacific Lupus Collaboration

Affiliations

¹ National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
² Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Chiang Mai University Hospital, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
⁴ Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁵ Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
⁶ Padjadjaran University/Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.
⁷ The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁸ University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines.
⁹ University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.
¹⁰ People's Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.
¹¹ University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
¹² Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Japan.
¹³ Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
¹⁴ Keio University, Minato-ku, Japan.
¹⁵ Teaching Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
¹⁶ Royal Adelaide Hospital And Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia.
¹⁷ Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
¹⁸ North Shore Hospital, Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.
¹⁹ Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seongdong-gu, Republic of Korea.
²⁰ St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
²¹ Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
²² Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
²³ Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
²⁴ Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.
²⁵ University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.

Case Reports

Jiacai Cho et al. Int J Rheum Dis. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;23(9):1255-1257.

doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.13937. Epub 2020 Aug 25.

¹ National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
² Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
³ Chiang Mai University Hospital, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
⁴ Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁵ Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
⁶ Padjadjaran University/Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia.
⁷ The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁸ University of Santo Tomas Hospital, Manila, Philippines.
⁹ University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines.
¹⁰ People's Hospital, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China.
¹¹ University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
¹² Tokyo Women's Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Japan.
¹³ Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
¹⁴ Keio University, Minato-ku, Japan.
¹⁵ Teaching Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
¹⁶ Royal Adelaide Hospital And Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia.
¹⁷ Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
¹⁸ North Shore Hospital, Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.
¹⁹ Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Seongdong-gu, Republic of Korea.
²⁰ St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
²¹ Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
²² Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
²³ Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
²⁴ Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.
²⁵ University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

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