A 39-year-old woman with lupus, myositis, and a recalcitrant vasculopathy

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1351-1356

  Sokolove, Jeremy ^a   Copland, Andrew ^a   Shirvani, Shervin ^a   Brown, Janice ^a   Posley, Keith ^b   Chung, Lorinda ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTI JO 1 ANTIBODY; ANTIBODY; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CEFTRIAXONE; CENTROMERE ANTIBODY; CIPROFLOXACIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CREATINE KINASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LA ANTIBODY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; METHOTREXATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; RO ANTIBODY; SILDENAFIL; SM ANTIBODY; U1 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VITAMIN D; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYCOSIS; MYOSITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECALCITRANT VASCULOPATHY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLICATION; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FINGER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIN ULCER; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYOSITIS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956413895     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.20236     Document Type: Conference Paper

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