BACKGROUND: Many studies have explored the association between soluble interleukin-2
receptor (sIL-2R), cytokines and major depressive disorder (MDD). However, the results of …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with protean manifestations
that predominantly affects young women. Certain ethnic groups are more vulnerable than …

Objective. The combination of heparin and aspirin was regarded as the ‘standard therapy’
for patients with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) and positive aPL antibodies to enhance live …

Objective This meta-analysis was aimed to evaluate the differences in aggregated prevalence
of depressive symptoms among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (…

OBJECTIVE: To assess systemically with meta-analysis the trend of survival and its
determinants, which are hindering further improvement of survival of patients with systemic lupus …

To cite this article: Lu Y, Mak K‐K, van Bever HPS, Ng TP, Mak A, Ho RC‐M. Prevalence of
anxiety and depressive symptoms in adolescents with asthma: A meta‐analysis and meta‐…

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by the production of a wide array of
autoantibodies. Thus, the condition was traditionally classified as a “B-cell disease”. …

We conducted the current study to determine the clinical determinants of survival and the
survival rates in an unselected cohort of Chinese patients with new-onset systemic lupus …

Background: Pro‐inflammatory cytokines are found to be elevated in patients with anxiety
and depression but whether their serum levels are related to anxiety and depression is …

Meta‐analysis is a statistical method to compare and combine effect sizes from a pool of
relevant empirical studies. It is now a standard approach to synthesize research findings in …