A case of systemic lupus erythematosus patient who died of rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Japanese Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 701-705

  Nishimoto, Ai ^a   Haraguchi, Souichirou ^c   Kishi, Tomoya ^c   Fujisaki, Taisei ^c   Ikeda, Yuji ^c   Sakemi, Takanobu ^c   Yamamoto, Hiroshi ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yamamoto Surgical Hospital   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Atherosclerosis; Prednisolone; SLE

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0242627246     PISSN: 03852385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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