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National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Division of Adult and Community Health
Health Care and Aging Studies Branch
Arthritis Program
Mailstop K-51
4770 Buford Highway NE
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724
Phone: 770.488.5464
Fax: 770.488.5964
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CDC-Funded Science
Lupus Registries
Developing and Implementing the Georgia Lupus Registry
Funding Number
U58/CCU422885
Project Description
Understanding the true magnitude and impact of systemic lupus and
other connective tissue diseases is difficult because existing estimates
vary widely. This project develops 2 population-based registries to
better define and monitor the incidence and prevalence of systemic lupus
erythematosus and better characterize individuals with this rheumatic
condition. These registries might serve as a model for other low
prevalence conditions of public health interest, and could also serve as
a platform for following the natural history of lupus and for studying
other connective tissue diseases. This fits with the CDC Arthritis
Program plan to implement the National Arthritis Action Plan—A Public
Health Strategy, one specific strategy of which is to better define
the burden of specific types of rheumatic conditions.
Project Objectives
- Determine how many cases of lupus exist.
- Determine how many new cases occur each year.
Abstracts, Publications, Presentations
None at this time
Principal Investigator
S. Sam Lim, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Rheumatology
Emory University
404 616-3642 (work phone)
404 686-5500 id# 16493 (phone)
404 688-6024 (fax)
sslim@LearnLink.Emory.Edu
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Michigan Lupus Epidemiology and Surveillance (MILES) Program Funding
Funding Number
U58/CCU522826-02
Project Description
Understanding the true magnitude and impact of systemic lupus and
other connective tissue diseases is difficult because existing estimates
vary widely. This project develops 2 population-based registries to
better define and monitor the incidence and prevalence of systemic lupus
erythematosus and better characterize individuals with this rheumatic
condition. These registries might serve as a model for other low-prevalence conditions of public health interest and could also serve as
a platform for following the natural history of lupus and for studying
other connective tissue diseases. This fits with the CDC Arthritis
Program plan to implement the National Arthritis Action Plan—A Public
Health Strategy, one specific strategy of which is to better define
the burden of specific types of rheumatic conditions.
Project Objectives
- Determine how many cases of lupus exist.
- Determine how many new cases occur each year.
Abstracts, Publications, Presentations
None at this time
Principal Investigator
W. Joseph McCune, M.D.
Division of Rheumatology
Room 3918 Taubman Center, Box 0358
1500 E Medical Center Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0358
734-936-5561 (phone)
734-763-1253 (fax)
jmccune@med.umich.edu
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Page last reviewed: June 4, 2008
Page last modified: July 3, 2006
Content Source: Division of
Adult and Community Health,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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