ANA-Negative SLE Presenting with Nephritis and Oculomotor Palsy -A Case Report

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 539-542

  Sircar, S ^a,b   Taneja, V A ^a   Kansra, U ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Antinuclear antibody; Lupus nephritis; Oculomotor palsy; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NEPHRITIS; PARALYSIS; PROTEINURIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; NEPHRITIS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PARALYSIS; PROTEINURIA;

EID: 0031243186     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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