Postpartum lupus erythematosus associated with parvovirus B19 infection

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 968-970

  Nigro, Giovanni ^a,c   Piazze, Juan ^a   Taliani, Gloria ^a   Mazzocco, Manuela ^a   Cassinotti, Pascal ^b   Cosmi, Ermelando V ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Inst Clin Microbiol and Immunol   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

INFECTION SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; PARVOVIRUS B19; PREGNANCY

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DNA ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; LEUKOPENIA; NEWBORN; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AUTOANTIBODIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS;

EID: 0030969874     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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