Successful treatment of severe pulmonary hypertension in systemic lupus erythematodes with an unusual presentation;Schwere pulmonale hypertonie bei systemischem lupus erythematodes: Erfolgreiche therapie bei einer ungewohnlichen manifestation

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 124, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 618-623

  Beckh, Sonja ^a   Iversen, Stein ^b   Loose, Reinhard ^a   Bölcskei, Pál L ^a  

^a KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^b Heart Center Siegburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENPROCOUMON;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0033591213     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1024557     Document Type: Article

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