Novel Methods of Incorporating Time in Longitudinal Multivariate Analysis Reveals Hidden Associations With Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Objective: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multisystem autoimmune disease. SLE is characterized by high inter-patient variability, including fluctuations over time, a factor which most biomarker studies omit from consideration. We investigated relationships between disease activity and bioma...

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Main Authors: Hieu T. Nim, Kathryn Connelly, Fabien B. Vincent, François Petitjean, Alberta Hoi, Rachel Koelmeyer, Sarah E. Boyd, Eric F. Morand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2019.01649/full