Clinical significance of red blood cell distribution width in systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Abstract Background Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-organ autoimmune disorder with wide variety of clinical presentations. Recently, red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been used as an inflammatory marker, similar to the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive prote...

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Main Authors: Osama Sayed Daifallah Mohamed, Gehan Joseph Azmy, Esam Mohammed Abu Elfadl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-09-01
Series:Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43166-020-00037-y