Pregnancy-associated recurrent liver necrosis in patient with antiphospholipid syndrome

Lupus

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 889-891

  Ulander, V M ^a   Stefanovic, V ^a,b   Rinta Kiikka, ^a   Kaaja, Risto ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibodies; Liver necrosis; Low molecular weight heparin (LWMH); Pregnancy; Recurrent

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ANURIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; HELLP SYNDROME; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMOPERITONEUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RARE DISEASE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UTERUS RUPTURE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECROSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; WARFARIN;

EID: 33846029536     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203306072385     Document Type: Article

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