Transverse myelitis: A complication of systemic lupus erythematosus that is associated with the antiphospholipid syndrome

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-94

  Smyth, A E ^a   Bruce, I N ^a   McMillan, S A ^b   Bell, A L ^a  

^a MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYELITIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE;

EID: 0029899286     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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