The BILAG index: a reliable and valid instrument for measuring clinical disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus.

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Published in Q J Med on July 01, 1993

Authors

E M Hay1, P A Bacon, C Gordon, D A Isenberg, P Maddison, M L Snaith, D P Symmons, N Viner, A Zoma

Author Affiliations

1: ARC Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Manchester.

Associated clinical trials:

Myfortic Versus Azathioprine in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | NCT00504244

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