Occult systemic lupus erythematosus with active lupus nephritis presenting as Libman-Sacks endocarditis

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-88

  Kasar, Pankajkumar ^a   Mathew, Milly ^b   Abraham, Georgi ^b   Kumar, Raghavannair ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (India)

^b MADRAS MEDICAL MISSION HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Libman Sacks endocarditis; systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEART MURMUR; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LIBMAN SACKS ENDOCARDITIS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEINURIA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84858966786     PISSN: 09742069     EISSN: 09745149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.93720     Document Type: Article

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