Systemic lupus erythematosus, gout, and Paget's disease

✍ Scribed by Graciela S. Alarcon; Gene V. Ball; Paul M. Goldfarb Jr.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1983
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 112 KB
• Volume: 26
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-3591
• DOI: 10.1002/art.1780260226

✦ Synopsis

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restriction, prednisone 100 mg daily, and Dilantin 300 mg daily. Urine output increased from 600 cc to 1,800 cc daily. The serum sodium rose to 142 mEq/liter. His mental status improved dramatically, and there was no further seizure activity. The subsequent course was complicated by a proximal myopathy that involved the shoulder and pelvic girdles and was attributed to high-dose corticosteroid therapy, but the patient was discharged in good condition on February 9, 1982, with his prednisone decreased to 30 mg daily.