Case report and review of lupus erythematosus cells in cytology fluids

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 806-809

  Park, Jason Y ^a   Malik, Aarti ^a   Dumoff, Kimberly L ^a   Gupta, Prabodh K ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

LE cells; Lupus erythematosus cells; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AMNION FLUID CYTOLOGY; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY STAINING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPATHOLOGY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS CELL TEST; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

CYTODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURAL EFFUSION;

EID: 37049004758     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20758     Document Type: Conference Paper

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