TY - JOUR T1 - No Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with COVID-19 in Hong Kong: The Effect of Masking? JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol DO - 10.3899/jrheum.200605 SP - jrheum.200605 AU - Ho So AU - Joyce Wing Yan Mak AU - Lai-Shan Tam Y1 - 2020/06/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2020/06/09/jrheum.200605.abstract N2 - We read with interest the report by Favalli, et al on the incidence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Italian patients with connective tissue diseases1. None of the 61 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) surveyed was confirmed to have COVID-19. This is in contrast to the initial analysis of the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance registry, which shows an overrepresentation of SLE in patients with rheumatic diseases who have been diagnosed with COVID-192. ER -