The need for comprehensive published epidemiologic and clinical data from Latin American
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients motivated the late Dr Alarcón-Segovia and …

Clinical and laboratory manifestations and outcome of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
may vary in different populations. A prospective multinational inception cohort should prove …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with marked gender and
ethnic disparities. We report a large transancestral association study of SLE using …

Objective Early diffuse scleroderma (systemic sclerosis; SSc) has no proven treatment. This
study was undertaken to examine the efficacy of methotrexate (MTX) in improving the skin …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory disease affecting the synovium of
joints, tendons, and some extra-articular sites. RA prevalence in Latin America ranges from …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a complex and heterogeneous autoimmune disease,
represents a significant challenge for both diagnosis and treatment. Patients with SLE in …

The objective of the study was to evaluate the influence of the male gender in the clinical
presentation and outcome of systemic lupus erythematosus in a prospective inception cohort …

Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with a
strong genetic component. We undertook the present work to perform the first genome‐wide …

Objectives. Studies regarding epidemiology of PsA are lacking in Latin America. We
estimated the incidence and prevalence of PsA in a University Hospital-based Health …

Aim The aim of this study was to identify factors predictive of serious infections over time in
patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods A multi-ethnic, multi-national …