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Factors associated with mortality and infections in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus with diffuse alveolar

Marco Ulises Martinez-Martinez1, Anne K Sturbaum1, Jorge Alcocer-Varela1

  • 1From the Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto", San Luis Potosi, S.L.P.; Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán; Centro Médico Nacional "La Raza", Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) México D.F.; Hospital Infantil de México, Mexico City; Hospital Infantil del Estado de Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora; Hospital Universitario de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León; Hospital General de México, México D.F.; Hospital 20 de Noviembre ISSSTE, Mexico City, Mexico; Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.M.U. Martinez-Martinez, MD; A.K. Sturbaum, MD, Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto"; J. Alcocer-Varela, MD; J. Merayo-Chalico, MD; D. Gómez-Martin, MD, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán; J.D.J.E. Gómez-Bañuelos, MD; M.Á. Saavedra, MD, Centro Médico Nacional "La Raza", IMSS; S. Enciso-Peláez, MD; E. Faugier-Fuentes, MD; R. Maldonado-Velázquez, MD, Hospital Infantil de México; L.M. Suárez-Larios, MD, Hospital Infantil del Estado de Sonora; D. Vega-Morales, MD, Hospital Universitario de Nuevo León; J.C. Casasola-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de México; D.L. Carrillo Pérez, MD, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán; A. Abril, MD; R. Butendieck, MD, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville; F. Irazoque-Palazuelos, MD, Hospital 20 de Noviembre ISSSTE; C. Abud-Mendoza, MD, Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto".

The Journal of Rheumatology
|July 3, 2014
PubMed
Abstract

Keywords:
DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGEINFECTIONSMORTALITYSYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

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