Venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in a child with pneumonia due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 956-958

  Graw Panzer, Katharina D ^a   Verma, Shivani ^a   Rao, Sreedhar ^b   Miller, Scott T ^b   Lee, Haesoon ^a  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^b KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lupus; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; D DIMER; HEPARIN; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; VANCOMYCIN; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350054347     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31045-2     Document Type: Article

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