Libman-Sacks endocarditis in a pregnant woman with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 93, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 819-821

  Kang, Audrey H ^a   Graves, Cornelia R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZTREONAM; CEFALEXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FUROSEMIDE; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0032918624     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(98)00458-X     Document Type: Article

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