Takuya Kotani, Tohru Takeuchi, Michiyo Sakamoto, Yoshiko Kawasaki, Suzue Hirano, Yoko Tabushi, Maki Kagitani, Shigeki Makino, Fumio Terasaki, Toshiaki Hanafusa
The patient was a 37-year-old female, who was diagnosed as having systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with nephrotic syndrome in 1991. SLE has been well controlled with a combination therapy of prednisolone, cyclophosphamide and mizoribine. She was admitted to our hospital for chest pain on exertion in June 2002. A grade of 2 systolic murmur was heard along left sternal border and edema in the both lower legs was present. Laboratory findings showed proteinuria and anemia. Serological tests did not show decrease in complements and was negative for autoantibodies including anti-ds-DNA antibody...
December 2005: Nihon Rinshō Men'eki Gakkai Kaishi, Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology