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. 1988 Jan;64(747):56–59. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.64.747.56

Concomitant alveolar haemorrhage and cytomegalovirus infection in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Y L Kwong 1, K L Wong 1, I T Kung 1, P C Chan 1, W K Lam 1
PMCID: PMC2428778  PMID: 2843845

Abstract

We report a 37 year old Chinese woman with systemic lupus erythematosus complicated by concomitant cytomegalovirus pneumonia and alveolar haemorrhage. The cytomegalovirus pneumonia may have been causally related to the alveolar haemorrhage.

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