Therapeutic options for refractory massive pleural effusion in systemic lupus erythematosus: A case study and review of the literature

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 744-749

  Breuer, Gabriel S ^a   Deeb, Maher ^a   Fisher, Drora ^a,b   Nesher, Gideon ^a,c  

^a SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lupus; Pleural effusion; Pleuritis; Pleurodesis; SLE; Talc

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TALC; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURECTOMY; PLEURODESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORACOCENTESIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 17044396815     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2004.11.003     Document Type: Article

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