Aortitis and aortic thrombus in systemic lupus erythematosus

Lupus

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 541-543

  Silver, A S ^a   Shao, C Y ^a   Ginzler, Ellen M ^a,b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Division of Rheumatology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic thrombus; Aortitis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4;

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA THROMBOSIS; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTITIS; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33747879248     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0961203306lu2342cr     Document Type: Article

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