Fulminant myopericarditis from phenytoin-induced systemic lupus erythematosus

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 298-300

  Atwater, Brett D ^a   Ai, Zhaowei ^b   Wolff, Matthew R ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b St Agnes Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; COLCHICINE; FUROSEMIDE; LISINOPRIL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METOPROLOL SUCCINATE; NAPROXEN; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FULMINANT MYOPERICARDITIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; LEG EDEMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PHENYTOIN;

EID: 52249119890     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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