Acute pneumonitis with pulmonary hemorrhage an uncommon and potentially fatal complication of systemic lupus erythematosus: A case report

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 375-378

  Chopra, Rajan ^a   Radotra, B D ^a   Varma, S ^a   Gupta, K L ^a   Joshi, K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Acute lupus pneumonitis; Immune complexes; Pulmonary hemorrhage; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADOLESCENT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY ALVEOLI;

EID: 0033156253     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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