Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome and sepsis. A common link?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 923-926

  Espinosa, Gerard ^a   Cervera, Ricard ^a   Asherson, Ronald A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SPLEEN; TESTIS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; HUMANS; SEPSIS;

EID: 34248656968     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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