Refractory pulmonary hypertension in a lupus patient with occult pulmonary vasculitis

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 263-266

  Srock, Kathleen ^a   Kerr, Leslie Dubin ^a,b   Poon, Michael ^a   Fallon, John T ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0042073170     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000081257.17469.4d     Document Type: Article

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