Lupus myocarditis: Marked improvement in cardiac function after intravenous immunoglobulin therapy

Rheumatology International

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1503-1505

  Suri, Vikas ^a   Varma, Subhash ^a   Joshi, Kiran ^a   Malhotra, Pankaj ^a   Kumari, Savita ^a   Jain, Sanjay ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin; Lupus myocarditis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FUROSEMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RAMIPRIL; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUPUS MYOCARDITIS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MYOCARDITIS;

EID: 77957597713     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-009-1098-x     Document Type: Article

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