Active necrotizing cerebral vasculitis in systemic lupus erythematosus

Neuropathology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 561-565

  Goel, Deepa ^a   Reddy, S Rajashekhar ^a   Sundaram, Challa ^a   Prayaga, Aruna K ^a   Rajasekhar, Liza ^a   Narsimulu, Gumdal ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarcts; Fibrinoid necrosis; Necrotizing vasculitis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMLODIPINE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFTRIAXONE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PANTOPRAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY INFARCTION; MOUTH ULCER; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; STROKE; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 35748960819     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2007.00813.x     Document Type: Article

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