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Rheumatology 1999; 38: 1159-1161
© 1999 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Relationships between serum 17 ß-oestradiol and anticardiolipin antibody concentrations in female patients with rheumatoid arthritis

B. Seriolo, M. Cutolo, A. Garnero and S. Accardo

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, no. 6, 16132 Genova, Italy

Correspondence to: B. Seriolo, Via Guerrazzi, no. 14-2, 16146 Genova, Italy.

SIR, We read with great interest the article by Rood et al. [1] concerning the effect of female sex hormone levels at the onset of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) on the survival of these patients.

The authors report that a significantly higher mortality risk is observed in patients who have developed SLE during the reproductive years than in those who have developed the disease during the non-reproductive years.

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