Ischemic stroke in a patient with lupus following influenza vaccination: A questionable association

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 186-187

  Vainer Mossel, Elez D ^a   Mekori, Yoseph A ^a,b   Mor, Adam ^a  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anticardiolipin; Lupus; Neuropsychiatric lupus; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PREDNISONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPLENOMEGALY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULITIS; WHITE MATTER;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INFLUENZA VACCINES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67549122649     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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