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 …

Genome-wide association studies have recently identified at least 15 susceptibility loci for
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). To confirm additional risk loci, we selected SNPs from …

… Holly M Bastian1, … Luis M Vilá3, … the patients’ follow-up and performing other LUMINA-related
tasks, Ms Maria Tyson for her expert assistance in the preparation of the manuscript and Dr …

Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic autoimmune disease that
predominantly affects women. Despite isolated reports of patients with coexisting Klinefelter's …

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

Objective To examine health disparities as a function of ethnicity using data from LUpus in
MInorities, NAture versus nurture (LUMINA), a longitudinal study of patients with systemic …

Objective To assess whether hydroxychloroquine can delay renal damage development in
lupus nephritis patients. Methods Lupus nephritis patients (n = 256) from the LUpus in …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a prototypic autoimmune disorder with a complex
pathogenesis in which genetic, hormonal and environmental factors have a role. Rare …

Objective. Damage accrual in SLE has been previously shown to be an independent predictor
of mortality. We sought to discern which SLICC Damage Index (SDI) domains are the …

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 …