Cardiac pathology of systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 584-592

  Jain, D ^a   Halushka, M K ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b Ross Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CHLOROQUINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LEVOTHYROXINE SODIUM; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALARIA; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; MYOCARDITIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOLOGIST; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

CORONARY DISEASE; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDITIS;

EID: 67650458204     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.064311     Document Type: Review

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