Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome in secondary syphilis

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 18-22

  Saberi, Ali ^a   Morrison, Robert E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Regional Medical Center Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome; Secondary syphilis

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; COCAINE; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G; REAGINIC ANTIBODY; TROPONIN I; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CATASTROPHIC ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAPHORESIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIZZINESS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MIXED INFECTION; NAUSEA; PARALYSIS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REHABILITATION CENTER; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEPSIS; SLURRED SPEECH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; VENTILATOR; VOMITING;

EID: 69249142315     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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