Mortality from systemic erythematosus lupus in Brazil: evaluation of causes according to the government health database

Abstract Objective: To characterize the causes of mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in Brazil between 2002 and 2011. Methods: An exploratory ecological study of a time series using data from the Mortality Information System of DATASUS, the Department of the Unified Heal...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Luisa Ribeiro Costi, Hatsumi Miyashiro Iwamoto, Dilma Costa de Oliveira Neves, Cezar Augusto Muniz Caldas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0482-50042017000600574&lng=en&tlng=en