Successful management of systemic lupus erythematosus nephritis flare-up during pregnancy with tacrolimus

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-75

  Alsuwaida, Abdulkareem ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Nephritis; Pregnancy; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Tacrolimus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CREATININE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; IRBESARTAN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMPLEMENT BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LEG EDEMA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; REMISSION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LIVE BIRTH; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; TACROLIMUS; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 79951956544     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: 14397609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-010-0340-4     Document Type: Article

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