Evans syndrome and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Clinical presentation and outcome

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Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 362-364

  Costallat, Guilherme Lavras ^a   Appenzeller, Simone ^b   Costallat, Lilian Tereza Lavras ^b  

^a PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Evans syndrome; Hemolytic anemia; Immune thrombocytopenia; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; AUTOIMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAR RASH; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOUTH ULCER; NEPHRITIS; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BRAZIL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863227257     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: 17787254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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