Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage as an initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1485-1487

  Porres Aguilar, Mateo ^a   Mendez Ramirez, Jose ^a   Eraso, Luis H ^a   Porres Munoz, Mateo ^a,c   Pema, Kanchan ^b  

^a Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

^b Beneficencia Espanola de Tampico ^*  (Mexico)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung; Lupus; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 58249113392     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31553-4     Document Type: Article

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