Colitis associated with active systemic lupus erythematosus successfully treated with rituximab

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-82

  Tayal, Vipin ^a   Chiu, Yee Ho ^a   George, Emmanuel ^a   Mane, Sunita ^a  

^a ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

colitis; enteritis; intestinal vasculitis; lupus; rituximab; SLE

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL INFILTRATION; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; CRYPT CELL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOPENIA; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; NEUTROPHIL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; SEPTICEMIA; STOMACH MUSCLE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TACHYCARDIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULITIS;

EID: 79952447203     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e31820e715c     Document Type: Article

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