Complete atrioventricular block as initial manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 344-346

  Arce Salinas, C A ^a,b   Carmona Escamilla, M A ^a   Rodriguez Garcia F ^a  

^a Hospital Central Sur de Petrdleos Mexicanos   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adams Stokes syndrome; Antinuclear antibodies; Arrhythmia; Artificial pacemaker; Heart block

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PREDNISONE; RO ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRITIS; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART PACING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REMISSION; SEIZURE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 67449087016     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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