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Black patients with lupus have three times higher risk of stroke

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY ATLANTA — New research reveals that, in the U.S., Black patients with lupus have a threefold higher risk of stroke and a 24-fold higher risk of ischemic heart disease. The study also found several lupus-specific symptoms that predict stroke and IHD in these patients. Details of the study was presented at ACR Convergence,...