Co-existing sarcoidosis, systemic lupus erythematosus and the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome: Case reports and discussion from the Brigham and women's hospital lupus center

Lupus

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 202-205

  Wesemann, Duane R ^a   Costenbader, K H ^a   Coblyn, J S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibody; Sarcoidosis; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; NITRATE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WEAKNESS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 60449109742     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203308100483     Document Type: Article

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