Primary Sjögren's syndrome complicated with cryoglobulinemic glomerulonephritis, myocarditis, and multi-organ involvement

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 707-710

  Kau, Chien Kai ^a   Hu, Jui Chieh ^a   Lu, Ling Ying ^a   Tseng, Jui Cheng ^a   Wang, Jyh Seng ^a   Cheng, He Hsiung ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis; Myocarditis; Pericardial effusion; Polyneuropathies; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; GLOMERULUS CAPILLARY; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PROTEINURIA; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; MIDDLE AGED;

CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POLYNEUROPATHIES; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 7044255073     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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