Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome masquerading as ischaemic colitis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 204-206

  Jürgensen, Jan Steffen ^a   Kettritz, Ralf ^b   Schneider, Wolfgang ^b   Koop, Herbert ^c   Hildebrand, Thorsten Sven ^a   Frei, Ulrich ^a   Eckardt, Kai Uwe ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FRANZ VOLHARD CLINIC   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticardiolipin antibody; Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome; Diarrhoea; Lupus anticoagulant; Multiple organ failure

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; SNAKE VENOM; STEROID;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; MICROANGIOPATHY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOSIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; HUMANS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042659724     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-003-0296-1     Document Type: Article

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