TY - JOUR
T1 - Peripheral gangrene during infancy
T2 - A rare presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus
AU - Shetty, V. B.
AU - Rao, S.
AU - Krishnamurthy, P. N.
AU - Shenoy, V. U.
PY - 2001/10/16
Y1 - 2001/10/16
N2 - An 11 month old boy presented with gangrene of the extremities. He was found to have positive nuclear antibodies and antibodies to double stranded DNA, and negative Ro and La antibodies. The infant was started on oral prednisolone, which was discontinued after six months. At one year of follow up he was asymptomatic, with negative nuclear antibodies and antibodies to double stranded DNA.
AB - An 11 month old boy presented with gangrene of the extremities. He was found to have positive nuclear antibodies and antibodies to double stranded DNA, and negative Ro and La antibodies. The infant was started on oral prednisolone, which was discontinued after six months. At one year of follow up he was asymptomatic, with negative nuclear antibodies and antibodies to double stranded DNA.
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U2 - 10.1136/adc.85.4.335
DO - 10.1136/adc.85.4.335
M3 - Article
C2 - 11567946
AN - SCOPUS:0034817017
SN - 0003-9888
VL - 85
SP - 335
EP - 336
JO - Archives of Disease in Childhood
JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood
IS - 4
ER -