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A New Frailty Index Aids Lupus Assessment

  |  Issue: October 2020  |  

Vanessa Caceres is a freelance medical writer in Bradenton, Fla.

Reference

  1. Legge A, Kirkland S, Rockwood K, et al. Evaluating the properties of a frailty index and its association with mortality risk among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Aug;71(8):1297–1307.

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