Neonatal lupus erythematosus with congenital heart block and severe heart failure due to myocarditis and endocardititis of the mitral valve

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 464-466

  Ferrazzini, G ^a   Fasnacht, M ^a   Arbenz, U ^a   Seger, R ^a   Biedermann, R ^b   Simma, B ^a   Uehlinger, J ^a   Dangel, P ^a   Fanconi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heart block; Myocarditis; Neonatal lupus erythematosus; Steroids

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART BLOCK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MYOCARDITIS; NEWBORN;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDITIS; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0029992117     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01712168     Document Type: Article

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