Massive pulmonary hemorrhage in a Saudi female with primary antiphospholipid syndrome

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 777-779

  Al Hajjaj, Mohamed S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alveolar; Antiphospholipid; Hemorrhage; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMAN; LUNG ALVEOLUS; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMANS; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; STEROIDS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0034252360     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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