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Lupus symptoms overlap with RA, increase mortality.

Publication: The Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine
Publication Date: 01-MAR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Lupus symptoms overlap with RA, increase mortality.(Citations: Concise summaries of recent journal articles chosen for clinical significance)(rheumatoid arthritis)(Report)(Brief article)

Article Excerpt
The features of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are common in the lifetime course of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and are significantly associated with an increased mortality risk, even after adjusting for well-described RA-specific predictors of mortality. For some SLE features, the increased risk may be as high as 6-fold.

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