Recently, there has been an awareness of the variable phenotypic expression of numerous
disorders between individuals from different ethnicities, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) …

Objective To determine the baseline (time 0) risk factors associated with the subsequent
occurrence of vascular events in a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA [LUpus in MInorities: NAture …

Background The effects of estrogen-containing contraceptives on disease activity in women
with systemic lupus erythematosus have not been determined. Methods We conducted a …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the validity, reliability, and feasibility of the Systemic Lupus Activity
Measure-Revised (SLAM-R), the Mexican version of the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus …

Objective To compare the criteria for Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) of the American
College of Rheumatology (ACR) with those of the European League Against Rheumatism/…

Ethnic disparities in health care have been historically well documented, but their causes
still remain poorly explained. In the US, ethnic minorities have a higher incidence and …

Objective To examine the factors predisposing to initial damage in patients in the LUMINA (lupus
in minorities: nature versus nurture) cohort, a multiethnic cohort of patients with …

Aim: To ascertain the predictive factors of high levels of disease activity in systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE). Patients and methods: Patients with SLE (American College of …

Objective To determine the baseline factors predictive of poor compliance with study visits
in a longitudinal multiethnic lupus cohort study. Methods Patients with systemic lupus …

Objective. Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener’s; GPA) and other antineutrophil
cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) are rare in childhood and are …