Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet (HELLP) syndrome associated with systemic lupus erythematosus

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1052-1053

  Matsuda, Masayuki ^a   Mitsuhashi, Shigeaki ^a   Watarai, Megumi ^a   Yamamoto, Kanji ^a   Hashimoto, Takao ^a   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti phospholipid antibody; Aspirin; Pleuritis; Pre eclampsia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; LIVER ENZYME; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HUMAN; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; PLEURISY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROTEINURIA; SODIUM RESTRICTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0242521731     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.1052     Document Type: Article

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