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A Case of Successful Treatment of Pulmonary Alveolar Hemorrhage with Plasmapheresis in Child with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Jae Hong Min, Kyung Hoon Paek, Kyung Mi Park, Jin Soon Hwang, Jung Sue Kim, Il Soo Ha, Hae Il Cheong, Kyou Seup Han, Yong Choi
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1998;41(7):974-978.   Published online July 15, 1998
Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Pulmonary hemorrhage is a rare but possibly fatal complication of systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE). We report a case of massive pulmonary hemorrhage in a 14-year-old boy recently diagnosed as SLE. He developed massive pulmonary hemorrhage during the courses of i.v. methylprednisolone pulse therapy, and did not respond to i.v. cyclophosphamide. However, he rapidly...
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