Catastrophic Antiphospholipid-Antibody Syndrome and Danazol

Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 209-210

  Roca, Bernardino ^a,b   Ferrer, D ^a   Calvo, B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome; Danazol

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DANAZOL; HEPARIN; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEMIPARESIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RASH; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DANAZOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242557478     PISSN: 10189068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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