Aplastic anemia complicating systemic lupus erythematosus - Report of a case and review of the literature

Rheumatology International

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 253-255

  Pavithran, Keechilat ^a   Raji, Navamoni ^a   Thomas, Mathew ^a  

^a Medical College Hospital Thiruvananthapuram   (India)

Author keywords

Aplastic anemia; Pancytopenia; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXYMETHOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; ANABOLIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; MOUTH ULCER; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SEPTICEMIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; FATALITY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; BLOOD COMPONENT TRANSFUSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXYMETHOLONE; PANCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0036430102     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-002-0254-3     Document Type: Article

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