Factors associated with damage accrual in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: results from the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) Inception Cohort

Ian N Bruce ,Aidan G O’keeffe ,Meggan Mackay,Li Su,Susan Manzi,Paul R Fortin ,Ola Nived,Christine A Peschken ,Guillermo Ruiz‐Irastorza ,Vernon T Farewell ,Sasha Bernatsky,Michelle Petri,Ronald F Van Vollenhoven ,Rosalind Ramsey‐Goldman ,Cynthia Aranow,Ellen M Ginzler ,Sang Cheol Bae ,Munther A Khamashta ,Juanita Romero-Díaz ,Diane L Kamen ,Daniel J Wallace ,John G Hanly ,David Isenberg ,Caroline Gordon,Asad Zoma ,Anisur Rahman,Ann E Clarke ,Barri J Fessler ,Jorge Sánchez‐Guerrero ,Gunnar Sturfelt ,Kristján Steinsson ,Manuel Ramos-Casals,Kenneth C Kalunian ,Mary Anne Dooley,S Sam Lim ,Dafna D Gladman ,Murat İnanç ,Joan T Merrill ,Graciela S Alarcón ,Murray B Urowitz

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-205171

Abstract

Background and aimsWe studied damage accrual and factors determining development and progression of damage in an international cohort of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients.MethodsThe Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC)...

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