Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalophaty Syndrome

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Bandettini di Poggio, Monica ^a   Murdaca, Giuseppe ^a   Puppo, Francesco ^a   Primavera, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LABETALOL;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MALE; MALIGNANT HYPERTENSION; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SEROCONVERSION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649451436     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2009.08.004     Document Type: Letter

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