Steady improvement of prothrombin levels after cyclophosphamide therapy in pediatric lupus anticoagulant hypoprothrombinemia syndrome (LAHPS)

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2167-2169

  Taddio, Andrea ^a,b   Brescia, AnneMarie C ^b   Lepore, Loredana ^a   Rose', Carlos D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclophosphamide; LAHPS treatment; Lupus anticoagulant hypoprothrombinemia syndrome (LAHPS); Pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus (pSLE)

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PROTHROMBIN; PROTHROMBIN ANTIBODY; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ECCHYMOSIS; EPISTAXIS; EYE PAIN; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT HYPOPROTHROMBINEMIA SYNDROME; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATIENT MONITORING; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN DEFICIENCY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOPROTHROMBINEMIAS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; PROTHROMBIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 36248999436     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-007-0647-5     Document Type: Article

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