Clinical utility of computed tomographic scanning for the evaluation of lupus profundus in two patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-95

  Kato, Takashi ^a   Nakajima, Ayako ^a   Kanno, Tokiko ^a   Shinozaki, Mikiko ^a   Gono, Takahisa ^a   Ichida, Hisae ^a   Masuda, Ikuko ^a   Kamatani, Naoyuki ^a   Hara, Masako ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Computed tomographic (CT) scan; Diagnosis; Lupus profundus; Panniculitis; Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; DNA ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIPOATROPHY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PANNICULITIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RASH; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN ULCER; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PANNICULITIS, LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 60149105479     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-008-0128-y     Document Type: Article

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