Systemic lupus erythematosus and renal tuberculosis: Description of nine cases;Lúpus eritematoso sistêmico e tuberculose renal: Descrição de nove casos

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-6

  de Sousa, Daniela Cabral ^a,c   das Chagas Medeiros, Marta Maria ^b  

^a HUWC/UFC   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Extra pulmonary; Infection; Lupus; Renal; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUBERCULOSIS; LEUKOCYTURIA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PYURIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 52049120628     PISSN: 04825004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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