Successful treatment of massive ascites with intraperitoneal administration of a steroid in a case of systemic lupus erythematosus

Lupus

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 740-742

  Zhou, Q G ^a   Yang, X B ^a   Hou, Fan Fan ^a,b   Zhang, X ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Massive ascites; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CHOLESTEROL; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; PARACENTESIS; PERITONEUM EXUDATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASCITES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 67049165184     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203308099709     Document Type: Article

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