Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort: XLIII. The significance of thrombocytopenia as a prognostic factor

Objective To examine the clinical correlates of thrombocytopenia and the value of thrombocytopenia as a predictor of disease activity, damage accrual, and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods SLE patients participating in a longitudinal multiethnic cohort were studi...

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Published in:Arthritis and rheumatism 2007-02, Vol.56 (2), p.614-621
Main Authors: Fernández, Mónica, Alarcón, Graciela S., Apte, Mandar, Andrade, Rosa M., Vilá, Luis M., Reveille, John D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
African Americans
Biological and medical sciences
Cohort Studies
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Disease Progression
European Continental Ancestry Group
Female
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Hispanic Americans
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - blood
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - ethnology
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - mortality
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - pathology
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Platelet diseases and coagulopathies
Prognosis
Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis
Survival Analysis
Thrombocytopenia - ethnology
Thrombocytopenia - pathology
United States - ethnology
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Summary:Objective To examine the clinical correlates of thrombocytopenia and the value of thrombocytopenia as a predictor of disease activity, damage accrual, and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods SLE patients participating in a longitudinal multiethnic cohort were studied. Thrombocytopenia was defined as a platelet count
ISSN:0004-3591
1529-0131
DOI:10.1002/art.22376