Reversible acute gastrointestinal syndrome associated with active systemic lupus erythematosus in patients admitted to hospital

Lupus

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 612-616

  Lian, Tsui Yee ^a   Edwards, C J ^a   Chan, S P ^a   Chng, H H ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Serositis; SLE; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOPENIA; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SERUM ALBUMIN; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041965884     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0961203303lu433oa     Document Type: Article

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