Prompt efficacy of plasmapheresis in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and diffuse alveolar haemorrhage

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 445-446

  Verzegnassi, F ^a   Marchetti, Federico ^a   Zennaro, F ^a   Saccari, A ^a   Ventura, A ^a   Lepore, L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADOLESCENT; BLEEDING; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSE ALVEOLAR HEMORRHAGE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; PALLOR; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PLASMAPHERESIS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77957005955     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: 1593098X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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