SLE Cumulative Damage Index (clu_fu_damage.pdf) (130K)
The total damage in a patient may result from SLE itself or from other pathologic processes such as atherosclerosis, hypercoagulability, hypertension, therapy for SLE and other comorbid (existing simultaneously with and usually independently of another illness) conditions. This Cumulative Damage Index summarizes the total of all damage that has occurred from any mechanism.
Cause of Death Form (cfu_fu_death.pdf) (25K)
Form for patients who died since enrollment in the Carolina Lupus Study