A case of limited systemic sclerosis with p-ANCA, complicated by multiple cerebral hemorrhages

Rheumatology International

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-329

  Akkara Veetil, Bharath Manu ^a   Schimmer, Barry M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies; Cerebral vasculitis; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Limited systemic sclerosis; Pauci immune glomerulonephritis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HEMOGLOBIN; MEPREDNISONE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PENICILLAMINE; UREA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYANOSIS; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMIANOPIA; HEMIPARESIS; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOREFLEXIA; IMMUNE COMPLEX NEPHRITIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKIN BIOPSY; SPEECH DISORDER; STAINING; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, LIMITED; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 57649234939     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-008-0675-8     Document Type: Article

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