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Case Reports in Pulmonology
Volume 2012, Article ID 836017, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/836017
Case Report

Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage: A Rare Life-Threatening Condition in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Ravi Paul Singh Virdi, Adeel Bashir, Ghulamullah Shahzad, Javed Iqbal, and Jose O. Mejia

Department of Internal Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, NY 11554, USA

Received 30 January 2012; Accepted 6 March 2012

Academic Editors: G. Hillerdal and J. Murchison

Copyright © 2012 Ravi Paul Singh Virdi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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