Diagnostic and treatment difficulties in systemic lupus erythematosus coexisting with sickle cell disease

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 152-155

  Ogunbiyi, Adebola O ^a   George, A O ^a   Brown, O ^a   Okafor, B O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Case report; Diagnosis; Management; Sickle cell anaemia; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTIANEMIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FANSIDAR; IBUPROFEN; NIPRISAN; PREDNISOLONE; PROCAINE PENICILLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEVER; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LEG ULCER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PRURITUS; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCANTY HAIR; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; URTICARIA;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE;

EID: 34848925131     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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