A 32-year-old woman with arthralgias and severe hypotension

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1670-1675

  Martorell, Edgar A ^a   Hong, Christopher ^a   Rust, Daniel W ^a   Salomon, Robert N ^a   Krishnamani, Rajan ^a   Patel, Ayan R ^a   Kalish, Robert A ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MYOCARDITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; CYCLOSPORINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; MYOCARDITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 56049084191     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.24195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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