NYU Langone Health: Most Adults With Lupus or Common Types of Arthritis Have Similar Risks of Getting Admitted to Hospital as Other Patients With COVID-19
August 26, 2020
August 26, 2020
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release:
Most adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are not at increased risk of hospitalization from 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) due to medications used to dampen their altered immune system, the cause of the disease. Nor are most people with more common types of arthritis, such as rheumatoid, psoriatic, and spondyloarthritis, at greate . . .
Most adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are not at increased risk of hospitalization from 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) due to medications used to dampen their altered immune system, the cause of the disease. Nor are most people with more common types of arthritis, such as rheumatoid, psoriatic, and spondyloarthritis, at greate . . .