Life-threatening systemic flare-up of systemic lupus erythematosus following influenza vaccination

Lupus

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-68

  Stratta, Piero ^a,b   Cremona, R ^c   Lazzarich, E ^b   Quaglia, M ^b   Fenoglio, R ^b   Canavese, C ^b  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c Public National Health   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AZATHIOPRINE; FLECAINIDE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; INFLUVAC S; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; LETTER; NEPHRITIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; AZATHIOPRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRITIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PERICARDITIS; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41749094694     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203307083315     Document Type: Letter

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