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SLE Patients With Renal Damage Incur Higher Health Care Costs
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Title SLE Patients With Renal Damage Incur Higher Health Care Costs
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/573155?src=rss
Description Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with renal damage incurred higher direct costs, but did not experience a poorer quality of life, according to this study.
Rheumatology
Category Articles > Nephrology
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Date May 9, 2008
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