Pulmonary hypertension as presenting feature of childhood SLE: association with lupus anticoagulant.
This is an unusual case of childhood SLE with pulmonary hypertension. A ten year old girl had an illness of brief duration without clinically overt involvement of any organ system other than pulmonary vasculature. Pulmonary hypertension as an isolated presenting manifestation of SLE is extremely rare in childhood.
Khetarpal
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Department of Paediatrics, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Goraya
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JS
Singh
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Singh
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Kumar
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*; D016682:Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor / Q000032:analysis*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
D016682:Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor