Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage and libman-sacks endocarditis in the absence of prior thrombotic events

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-49

  Hambly, Nathan ^a   Sekhon, Suneet ^a   McIvor, R Andrew ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84893818461     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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