Mesenteric vasculitis as the initial presentation in children with systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-253

  Tu, Yu Ling ^a   Chen, Li Chen ^a   Ou, Liang Hsiao ^a   Huang, Jing Long ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CIMETIDINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIARRHEA; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MESENTERIC VASCULITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME; VASCULITIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; VASCULITIS;

EID: 68949151572     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31819f1df4     Document Type: Article

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