Life-threatening angioedema in a patient with systemic lupus

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 917-918

  Ko, Chao Hsien ^a   Ng, Jennifer ^a   Kumar, Sunil ^a   Hurst, Miriam ^a  

^a Department of Rheumatology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angioedema; Case report; Lupus

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE; TRAMADOL;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; INTUBATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANALGESICS; ANGIOEDEMA; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INTUBATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PREDNISONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33749189397     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0098-9     Document Type: Article

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