Adult Still's disease patient developed thrombotic microangiopathy with diffuse digital gangrene [2]

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-78

  Wang, H P ^a   Chen, H A ^a,b   Chen, C H ^a   Liao, H T ^c   Huang, D F ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSENTAN; FUROSEMIDE; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ADULT ONSET STILL DISEASE; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTHRITIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GANGRENE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERFERRITINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MYOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RASH; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GANGRENE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; STILL'S DISEASE, ADULT-ONSET; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 34147110928     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740600759548     Document Type: Letter

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