Systemic lupus erythematosus in Europe at the change of the millennium: Lessons from the “Euro-Lupus Project”

• Published in: Autoimmunity reviews Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 180 - 186
• Main Author: Cervera, Ricard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.03.2006
• Subjects: Age of Onset; Antibodies, Antinuclear - blood; Autoimmune Diseases - blood; Autoimmune Diseases - diagnosis; Autoimmune Diseases - epidemiology; Autoimmune Diseases - mortality; Cohort Studies; Epidemiology; Europe - epidemiology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - blood; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - diagnosis; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - epidemiology; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - mortality; Male; Morbidity; Mortality; Prognosis; Prognostic factors; Prospective Studies; Survival Rate; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Europe; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Epidemiology; Mortality; Morbidity; Prognostic factors
• ISSN: 1568-9972; 1568-9972
• DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2005.06.004

The “Euro-Lupus Cohort” is composed by 1000 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that have been followed prospectively since 1991. These patients have been gathered by a European consortium—the “Euro-Lupus Project Group”. This consortium was originated as part of the network promoted by the “European Working Party on SLE”, a working group created in 1990 in order to promote research in Europe on the different problems related to this disease. The “Euro-Lupus Cohort” provides an updated information on the SLE morbidity and mortality characteristics in the present decade as well as defines several clinical and immunological prognostic factors.