Acute lupus peritonitis successfully treated with steroid pulse therapy

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 654-657

  Andoh, Akira ^a   Fujiyama, Yoshihide ^a   Kitamura, Shizuka ^a   Ihara, Takashi ^a   Ueda, Kouji ^a   Miyagawa, Akiko ^a   Hodohara, Keiko ^a   Inoue, Hisayuki ^a   Bamba, Tadao ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lupus peritonitis; Steroid pulse therapy; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; DNA ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DUODENUM; ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VOMITING;

EID: 0030693227     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02934116     Document Type: Article

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