Seizure and pneumonia in an elderly patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1709-1711

  Yamaya, Mutsuo ^a,b   Yoshida, Motoki ^c   Yamasaki, Miyako ^c   Kubo, Hiroshi ^a,b   Furukawa, Katsutoshi ^c   Arai, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CYCLOSPORIN; DNA ANTIBODY; MINOCYCLINE; PREDNISOLONE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SM ANTIBODY;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; SEIZURE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDITIS; PLEURISY; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREDNISOLONE; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 69549110089     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02386.x     Document Type: Letter

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