Ecchymotic angioedema in paediatric systemic lupus erythematosus

Autor: Adriana Ivonne Cespedes Cruz, Alfonso Ragnar Torres Jiménez, Alejandra Velazquez Cruz
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 103:362-362
ISSN: 1468-2044
0003-9888
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313233
Popis: A 14-year-old girl, with systemic lupus erythematosus, with positive antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and anti-DNA, low C3 (60 mg/dL, normal value 90–177 mg/dL) and C4 (5.5 mg/dL, normal value 15–45 mg/dL), presented with a malar rash, knee arthritis and urticarial skin lesions, compatible with an urticarial vasculitis. She was treated with prednisone, mycophenolate mofetil, chloroquine and antihistamine. She opted out of follow-up …
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