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NEW YORK -- Systemic lupus erythematosus itself is a risk factor for low bone mineral density, independent of the use of bone mineral-depleting corticosteroids, Dr. Chin Lee said at the Seventh International Congress on SLE and Related Conditions.
Now that mortality rates associated with lupus have improved, "greater attention has been focused on trying to prevent long-terre complications in this disease," said Dr. Lee of the division of rheumatology at Northwestern University, Chicago.
Previous investigations into lupus and...
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