SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS IN AN ADULT POPULATION IN SOUTHERN SWEDEN: INCIDENCE, PREVALENCE AND VALIDITY OF ARA REVISED CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA

1 May 1985

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology

Vol. 24 (2) , 147-154
https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/24.2.147

Abstract

In a defined Swedish population an annual incidence of 4.8 cases, a mortality of 1.3 cases and a prevalence of 39 cases per 100 000 individuals was found for systemic lupus erythematosus Sensitivities were comparable (94%, cf. 92%) for ARA criteria of 1982 and those of 1971 Males had more internal organ criteria and showed a tendency to fewer cutaneous criteria than females. Spontaneous abortion was rare and hospitalization infrequent among the 65 patients studied.

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