Relapsing splenic vein thrombosis associated with antiphospholipid antibodies in a patient with Wegener granulomatosis

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-93

  Steen, K S ^a   Peters, M J ^a   Zweegman, S ^a   De Groot, P G ^b   Voskuyl, A E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Relapsing splenic vein thrombosis; Wegener granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SPLENIC VEIN; SPLENOMEGALY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; SPLENIC VEIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 34247165090     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000260410.81377.b2     Document Type: Article

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