Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome: Response to repeated plasmapheresis over three years

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1534-1539

  Neuwelt, C Michael ^a,b,c,f   Daikh, David I ^a   Linfoot, John A ^d   Pfister, David A ^d   Young, Robyn G ^d   Webb, Ronald L ^d   London, Stuart S ^d   Asherson, Ronald A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Summitt Medical Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f East Bay Rheumatology Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGED; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030961106     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400823     Document Type: Article

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