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Authors
Affiliations
1 Department of Medicine, JNMC, DMIMSU, Sawangi (M), Wardha, IN
2 Deparment of Medicine, LNMC, Bhopal, IN
3 Department of Pathology, JNMC, DMIMSU, Sawangi (M), Wardha, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Medicine and Healthcare, Vol 1, No 9 (2012), Pagination: 211-213
Abstract
Among the myriads of presentations of Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), vasculitis is one phenomenon which unanimously involves any organ. We present a rare case of catastrophic lupus vasculitis involving brain, lungs and digit in a young female.
Keywords
SLE, Vasculitis, Lupus
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