Identifying distinct phenotypes of patients with juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus: results from a cluster analysis by the Egyptian college of rheumatology (ECR) study group

• Main Authors: Nevin Hammam (Author), Tamer A Gheita (Author), Ali Bakhiet (Author), Mohamed Bakry Mahmoud (Author), Rasha El Owaidy (Author), Hend Abdel Nabi (Author), Ahmed M Elsaman (Author), Iman Khalifa (Author), Abeer M Nour ElDin Abd ElBaky (Author), Faten Ismail (Author), Eman Hassan (Author), Rawhya R El Shereef (Author), Iman I El-Gazzar (Author), Abdelhfeez Moshrif (Author), Noha M Khalil (Author), Marwa A Amer (Author), Hanan M Fathy (Author), Nancy Abdel Salam (Author), Mervat I Abd Elazeem (Author), Osman Hammam (Author), Hanan M Fathi (Author), Samar Tharwat (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Purpose Juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (J-SLE) is a complex, heterogeneous disease affecting multiple organs. However, the classification of its subgroups is still debated. Therefore, we investigated the aggregated clinical features in patients with J-SLE using cluster analysis. Meth...