Osteoarticular tuberculosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus
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Osteoarticular tuberculosis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
BACKGROUND Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients are at increased risk of developing tuberculosis (TB), particularly extrapulmonary TB (ExP-TB). AIM The present study was undertaken to investigate whether SLE patients showed increased susceptibility to develop osteoarticular TB (OA-TB). DESIGN AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed and compared the frequency of ExP-TB, in particular ...
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1460-2393,1460-2725
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcp015