CHRONIC INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS AND SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS IN AN 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL

Authors
LAMANNA A POLITO C PAPALE MR ROCCO CE MARTE A
Citation
A. Lamanna et al., CHRONIC INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS AND SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS IN AN 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL, Pediatric nephrology, 12(2), 1998, pp. 139-140
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Urology & Nephrology
Journal title
Pediatric nephrology
ISSN journal
0931041X → ACNP
Volume
12
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
139 - 140
Database
ISI
SICI code
0931-041X(1998)12:2<139:CICASL>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
An 8-year-old girl with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis had chronic interstitial cystitis (C IC) early in the course of SLE. The early occurrence of CIC, the lack of intestinal symptoms, the association with vesicoureteric reflux, an d the improvement of CIC during therapy with cyclosporin A were the pr ominent features of the patient reported here.