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Epidemiology and burden of systemic lupus erythematosus in a Southern European population: data from the community-based lupus registry of Crete

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Epidemiology and burden of systemic lupus erythematosus in a Southern European population: data from the community-based lupus registry of Crete

Annals of Rheumatic Diseases

Published online: December 2017

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211206

Irini Gergianaki, Antonis Fanouriakis, Argyro Repa, Michalis Tzanakakis, Christina Adamichou, Alexandra Pompieri, Giorgis Spirou, Antonios Bertsias, Eleni Kabouraki, Ioannis Tzanakis, Leda Chatzi, Prodromos Sidiropoulos, Dimitrios T Boumpas,

Objectives: Several population-based studies on systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have been reported, yet community-based, individual-case validated, comprehensive reports are missing. We studied the SLE epidemiology and burden on the island of Crete during 1999–2013.

Methods: Multisource case-finding included patients ≥15 years old. Cases were ascertained by the ACR 1997, SLICC 2012 criteria and rheumatologist diagnosis, and validated through synthesis of medical charts, administrative and patient-generated data.

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