Rituximab in childhood lupus myocarditis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1843-1844

  Aggarwal, Pooja ^a   Singh, Surjit ^a   Suri, Deepti ^a   Rawat, Amit ^a   Narula, Nidhi ^a   Kumar, Rohit Manoj ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CARVEDILOL; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; INOTROPIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RITUXIMAB; UREA;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FOOT EDEMA; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KNEE ARTHRITIS; LETTER; LUPUS MYOCARDITIS; MOUTH ULCER; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, MURINE-DERIVED; CHILD; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MYOCARDITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863858407     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-1881-3     Document Type: Letter

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