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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