Transient panhypogammaglobulinaemia and B-lymphocyte deficiency in a patient with neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus after immunosuppressive therapy

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 62-66

  Song, J ^a   Park, Y B ^a   Suh, C H ^a   Lee, S K ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

B lymphocyte; Hypogammaglobulinaemia; Immunosuppressive therapy; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; PANHYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; LYMPHOPENIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0038543279     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-002-0655-4     Document Type: Article

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