The epidemiology of systemic lupus erythematosus in populations of African ancestry: a critical review of the "prevalence gradient hypothesis"

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School, Robert B. Brigham Multipurpose Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

Review

S C Bae et al. Arthritis Rheum. 1998 Dec.

. 1998 Dec;41(12):2091-9.

doi: 10.1002/1529-0131(199812)41:12<2091::AID-ART2>3.0.CO;2-D.

¹ Harvard Medical School, Robert B. Brigham Multipurpose Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

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Comment in

Systemic lupus erythematosus in patients native to West and Central Africa: comment on the article by Bae et al.
Amoura Z, Le TH, Cacoub P, Francès C, Piette JC. Amoura Z, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 1999 Jul;42(7):1560-1. doi: 10.1002/1529-0131(199907)42:7<1560::AID-ANR42>3.0.CO;2-L. Arthritis Rheum. 1999. PMID: 10403294 No abstract available.
Rarity of reported cases of vasculitis in Africa: comment on the article by Bae et al.
Adebajo AO, Watts RA. Adebajo AO, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 1999 Nov;42(11):2497-8. doi: 10.1002/1529-0131(199911)42:11<2497::aid-anr39>3.0.co;2-x. Arthritis Rheum. 1999. PMID: 10555052 No abstract available.