A case of thrombotic microangiopathy complicated with systemic lupus erythematosus

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-104

  Ohashi, Naro ^a   Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a   Kanno, Daitaro ^a   Fujigaki, Yoshihide ^a   Yonemura, Katsuhiko ^a   Hishida, Akira ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Plasmapheresis; Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA)

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; PANCYTOPENIA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLASMAPHERESIS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

EID: 0042026768     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200308000-00009     Document Type: Article

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