Diagnosis and treatment of vasculitis of the central nervous system in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 627-633

  Nikolov, Nikolay P ^a   Smith, Janine A ^b   Patronas, Nicholas J ^c   Illei, Gabor G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA VASCULITIS; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LUPUS VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33750430587     PISSN: 17458382     EISSN: 17458390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncprheum0337     Document Type: Article

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