Severe hypercalcemia as a presenting sign of systemic lupus erythematosus

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 206-208

  Farah, Raymond ^a   Farah, Rola ^b   Makhoul, Nicola ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b Leumit Health Care Services   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hypercalcemia; Lung uptake; Lupus erythematosus; Parathyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; CLODRONIC ACID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 33646477883     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.09.025     Document Type: Article

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