Objective The Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) group revised
and validated the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) systemic lupus erythematosus (…

… Laurence S Magder provided statistical guidance throughout design and writing of the
paper. Taha El Khoby provided access to the MOH files on antischistosomal treatment and was …

Objective To evaluate the association between corticosteroid use and organ damage in
patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods The occurrence and date of organ …

Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus is associated with multiple adverse pregnancy
outcomes. We examined the impact of disease activity on spontaneous abortions, perinatal …

We conducted the current study to determine the impact of demographic factors, household
income, clinical manifestations, disease activity, serologic tests, and calendar year on …

OBJECTIVE: To help professionals identify factors that place families at risk for future child
maltreatment, to facilitate necessary services and to potentially help prevent abuse and …

The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in a
rural village in the Nile Delta with a high prevalence of antibodies to HCV (anti-HCV). One …

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at excess risk of cardiovascular
events (CVEs). There is uncertainty regarding the relative importance of SLE disease activity, …

Background The newer antipsychotic agents exhibit a superior safety profile compared with
conventional antipsychotic agents in terms of extrapyramidal symptoms. Previous studies …

In epidemiologic research, logistic regression is often used to estimate the odds of some
outcome of interest as a function of predictors. However, in some datasets, the outcome of …