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  • Human polymorphism at microRNAs and microRNA target sites.

    Liuqing Yang;Chunru Lin;Chunyu Jin;Joy C. Yang

  • A large-scale replication study identifies TNIP1, PRDM1, JAZF1, UHRF1BP1 and IL10 as risk loci for systemic lupus erythematosus

    Vesela Gateva;Johanna K. Sandling;Geoff Hom;Kimberly E. Taylor

  • Effect of hydroxychloroquine on the survival of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: data from LUMINA, a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA L)

    Graciela S Alarcón;Gerald McGwin;Ana M Bertoli;Barri J Fessler

  • Adolescent onset of lupus results in more aggressive disease and worse outcomes: results of a nested matched case-control study within LUMINA, a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA LVII).

    L. B. Tucker;A. G. Uribe;M. Fernández;L. M. Vilá

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus in three ethnic groups: XVI. Association of hydroxychloroquine use with reduced risk of damage accrual.

    Barri J. Fessler;Graciela S. Alarcón;Gerald McGwin;Jeffrey Roseman

  • Klinefelter's syndrome (47,XXY) in male systemic lupus erythematosus patients: Support for the notion of a gene-dose effect from the X chromosome

    R. Hal Scofield;R. Hal Scofield;R. Hal Scofield;Gail R. Bruner;Bahram Namjou;Robert P. Kimberly

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic US cohort (LUMINA). XXIII. Baseline predictors of vascular events.

    Sergio M. A. Toloza;América G. Uribe;Gerald McGwin;Graciela S. Alarcón

  • Transancestral mapping and genetic load in systemic lupus erythematosus

    Carl D. Langefeld;Hannah C. Ainsworth;Deborah S. Cunninghame Graham;Jennifer A. Kelly

  • Evaluation of the TREX1 gene in a large multi-ancestral lupus cohort

    B. Namjou;P. H. Kothari;J. A. Kelly;S. B. Glenn

  • A multiethnic, multicenter cohort of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as a model for the study of ethnic disparities in SLE.

    Mónica Fernández;Graciela S. Alarcón;Jaime Calvo-alén;Rosa Andrade

  • Protective effect of hydroxychloroquine on renal damage in patients with lupus nephritis: LXV, data from a multiethnic US cohort.

    Guillermo J. Pons-Estel;Graciela S. Alarcón;Gerald McGwin;Maria I. Danila

  • Association of a functional variant downstream of TNFAIP3 with systemic lupus erythematosus

    Indra Adrianto;Feng Wen;Amanda Templeton;Graham B. Wiley

  • Identification of IRAK1 as a risk gene with critical role in the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus

    Chaim O. Jacob;Jiankun Zhu;Don L. Armstrong;Don L. Armstrong;Mei Yan

  • The Systemic Lupus Activity Measure-revised, the Mexican Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI), and a modified SLEDAI-2K are adequate instruments to measure disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus.

    América G Uribe;Luis M Vilá;Gerald McGwin;Martha L Sanchez

  • Association of Genetic Variants in Complement Factor H and Factor H-Related Genes with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Susceptibility

    Jian Zhao;Hui Wu;Melanie Khosravi;Huijuan Cui

  • Renal damage is the most important predictor of mortality within the damage index: data from LUMINA LXIV, a multiethnic US cohort

    Maria I. Danila;Guillermo J. Pons-Estel;Jie Zhang;Luis M. Vilá

  • Effect of hydroxychloroquine treatment on pro-inflammatory cytokines and disease activity in SLE patients: data from LUMINA (LXXV), a multiethnic US cohort.

    R. Willis;A. M. Seif;G. McGwin;L. A. Martinez-Martinez

  • Systemic lupus erythematosus in a multiethnic lupus cohort (LUMINA). XVII. Predictors of self-reported health-related quality of life early in the disease course.

    Graciela S. Alarcón;Gerald McGwin;América Uribe;Alan W. Friedman

  • Accelerated damage accrual among men with systemic lupus erythematosus: XLIV. Results from a multiethnic US cohort.

    Rosa M Andrade;Graciela S Alarcón;Mónica Fernández;Mandar Apte

  • Identification of IRF8, TMEM39A, and IKZF3-ZPBP2 as Susceptibility Loci for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in a Large-Scale Multiracial Replication Study

    Christopher J. Lessard;Christopher J. Lessard;Christopher J. Lessard;Indra Adrianto;John A. Ice;Graham B. Wiley

Frequent Co-Authors

Graciela S. Alarcón
Graciela S. Alarcón University of Alabama at Birmingham
John D. Reveille
John D. Reveille The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Kenneth M. Kaufman
Kenneth M. Kaufman Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
John B. Harley
John B. Harley United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Judith A. James
Judith A. James Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme
Marta E. Alarcón-Riquelme University of Granada
Gerald McGwin
Gerald McGwin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Robert P. Kimberly
Robert P. Kimberly University of Alabama at Birmingham
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman
Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman Northwestern University
Michelle Petri
Michelle Petri Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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