Myopericarditis in a Korean Young Male With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
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Myopericarditis in a Korean Young Male With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Myocardial involvement with clinical symptoms is a rare manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), despite the relatively high prevalence of myocarditis at autopsies of SLE patients. In this review, we report the case of a 19-year-old male SLE patient who initially presented with myopericarditis and was successfully treated with high dose of glucocorticoids.
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Circulation Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1738-5520
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2011.41.6.334