Fatal cardiac involvement complicating antisynthetase syndrome

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Brady, Stefen ^a   Melath, Sunil ^b   Scalco, Renata S ^a   Penn, Henry ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRNA SYNTHETASE ANTIBODY; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; LA ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; RO ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTISYNTHETASE SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG FATALITY; DYSPNEA; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEG EDEMA; MYALGIA; MYOCARDITIS; NEUTROPHILIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; URTICARIA;

EID: 84907303240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2014-204409     Document Type: Article

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