Lupus myocarditis: marked improvement in cardiac function after intravenous immunoglobulin therapy

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 30 Số 11 - Trang 1503-1505 - 2010
Ritesh Agarwal1, Subhash Varma2, K. Joshi2, Pankaj Malhotra2, Savita Kumari2, Sanjay Jain2
1Post Graduate Institute of Medical Eduction and Research, Chandigarh, India
2Post Graduate Institute of Medical Eduction and Research

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