Adult systemic lupus erythematosus in Egypt: The nation-wide spectrum of 3661 patients and world-wide standpoint.
Tamer A GheitaRasha Abdel NoorEsam AbualfadlOsama S AbousehlyIman I El-GazzarRawhya R El ShereefSoha SenaraAhmed M AbdallaNoha M KhalilAhmed M ElSamanSamar TharwatSamah I NasefAlzahra AbdelbadeaNermeen NoshyDina F El-EssawiAbdel Hafeez MoshrifRasha M FawzyAmany R El-NajjarNevin HammamFaten IsmailMarwa ElKhalifaNermeen SamyEman HassanNouran M AbazaEmad ElShebiniHanan M FathiMohamed N SalemYousra H Abdel-FattahEhab SaadMervat I Abd ElazimNahla N EesaAmany S El-BahnasawyDina H El-HammadyAmira T El-ShanawanySoha E IbrahimEmtethal A SaidHanan M El-SaadanyZahraa I SelimSamar M FawzyHala A RaafatPublished in: Lupus (2021)
SLE in Egypt had a wide variety of clinical and immunological manifestations, with some similarities with that in other nations and differences within the same country. The clinical characteristics, autoantibodies and comorbidities are comparable between Ao-SLE and Jo-SLE. The frequency of various clinical and immunological manifestations varied between gender. Additional studies are needed to determine the underlying factors contributing to gender and age of onset differences.