Aplastic anaemia complicating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at presentation: A clinical vignette and review of literature

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 637-639

  Jose, Wesley ^a   Unnikrishnan, Athira ^a   Muthu, Palaniappan ^a   Kumar, Kishore ^a   Pavithran, Keechilat ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Aplastic; Hydroxycorticosteroids; Lupus erythematosus; Systemic

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CREATININE; DANAZOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; HEMOGLOBIN; PREDNISOLONE; UREA;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOT EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; PALLOR; PANCYTOPENIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROTEINURIA; SPLENOMEGALY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; VIGNETTE;

EID: 79959300789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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