Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome in an 8-year-old boy: A case report and review of literature

Oman Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 275-277

  Al Mosawi, Zakiya Saleh Adnan ^a   Al Hermi, Badriya Ebrahim Ahmed ^a  

^a SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Children; HUVS; Nephritis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S INHIBITOR; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; FIBRINOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISOLONE;

ANEMIA; ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EDEMA; EPISCLERITIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEVER; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIC URTICARIAL VASCULITIS SYNDROME; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KNEE PAIN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NEPHRITIS; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROTEINURIA; PYURIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN BIOPSY; URINALYSIS; URTICARIA; VASCULITIS;

EID: 84880946501     PISSN: 1999768X     EISSN: 20705204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5001/omj.2013.76     Document Type: Article

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